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Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-25 09:32 Todd told investigators that she suspected the man then noticed a John McCain sticker on her car, became angry and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground and telling her "you are going to be a Barack supporter," police said.
She said he continued to punch and kick her while threatening "to teach her a lesson for being a McCain supporter," police said. She said he then sat on her chest, pinned her hands down with his knees and scratched a backward letter "B" into her face with a dull knife. Todd told police she didn't seek medical attention, but instead went to a friend's apartment nearby and called police about 45 minutes later. The Associated Press could not immediately locate Todd's family. Todd worked in New York for the College Republican National Committee before moving two weeks ago to Pennsylvania, where her duties included recruiting college students, the committee's executive director, Ethan Eilon, has said. Eilon declined to comment on the investigation Friday or to help The Associated Press contact Todd. Police disclosed Friday morning that they had found inconsistencies in Todd's story and given her a lie-detector test. Investigators also said bank surveillance photos did not back up the woman's initial story. Police interviewed Todd after she contacted police Wednesday night and again on Thursday. They asked her to come back Friday, ostensibly to help police put together a sketch of the man. Instead, detectives began interviewing her, and she confessed, police said. "We had some serious cases going on, and this wasted so much time," Bryant said. "Our detectives have been working through the night just to verify the information we suspected was false from the beginning." |
