Crime & Safety

Teen Made Up Rape Report, Bath Police Say

Girl will be charged for saying she was assaulted at Revere High School basketball game

 

A 15-year-old girl is being charged with making a false police report after claiming she was raped at a Revere High School basketball game in December.

The girl told police she was assaulted by a white male teen during a boys basketball game Dec. 7.

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But Police Chief Michael McNeely said in a press release that "the allegation was determined to be false after a lengthy and thorough investigation by Bath police."

Evidence collected during the investigation disproved her report, and the girl later admitted the report was false, the news release said.

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The charge against the girl, a first-degree misdemeanor, is pending in Summit County Juvenile Court. 

Bath police credited cooperation by the Revere Local Schools administration with helping close the case.


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