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Wednesday, 04 February 2015 15:48

False rape claim leads to charges

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Smith Smith Halifax County Sheriffs Office

A Hollister woman who the investigating Halifax County Sheriff's Office detective said filed a false rape report was arrested this morning after the state Highway Patrol stopped her for DWI.

Detective W. Murphy Jr. said Jelisa Shantel Smith, 26, was charged on warrants he obtained for filing a false police report to a police station and misuse of 911 systems.

Smith filed a report with the sheriff's office in January alleging she was raped, kidnapped and held for a week.

Murphy said his investigation found no evidence the woman had been raped. He declined to discuss motive.

Smith was given a $1,500 bond and has a February 25 court date.

 

 

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