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Woman Made Up Story about Attack over McCain Sticker, Police Say
The McCain campaign worker who told Pittsburgh, Pa., police she was mugged by an attacker who scrawled the letter "B" on her face with a knife has admitted she lied about the attack, according to a local television station.
(CNSNews.com) – The McCain campaign worker who told Pittsburgh, Pa., police she was mugged by an attacker who scrawled the letter “B” on her face with a knife has admitted she lied about the attack, according to a local television station.
Twenty-year-old Ashley Todd of Texas claimed she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the robber punched and kicked her, then carved a “B” on her face after he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car.
After police noticed some inconsistencies in her story, they gave her a lie detector test, but they did not release the results.
“Because of the inconsistencies in her statements, Ms. Todd was asked to submit to a polygraph examination which she agreed to do," Pittsburgh Police spokesperson Diane Richard said in a statement on Friday.
On Friday afternoon, Todd admitted she made the story up, according to WTAE-TV.
Twenty-year-old Ashley Todd of Texas claimed she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the robber punched and kicked her, then carved a “B” on her face after he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car.
After police noticed some inconsistencies in her story, they gave her a lie detector test, but they did not release the results.
“Because of the inconsistencies in her statements, Ms. Todd was asked to submit to a polygraph examination which she agreed to do," Pittsburgh Police spokesperson Diane Richard said in a statement on Friday.
On Friday afternoon, Todd admitted she made the story up, according to WTAE-TV.
