False report of statutory rape lands Stamford woman in jail
Written by Lynsey Santimays
Patricia Castaneda, 19, of Stamford, was arrested and charged with falsely reporting an incident in the first degree and misuse of the 911 emergency system on Saturday, Jan. 9.
At 7 p.m., Darien Police were contacted by Stamford’s emergency dispatch, who said that they had a female caller reporting an adult man having sex with a minor in a car in Darien. The woman said she walked by a red Pontiac parked behind a bank near Interstate 95, and saw the two having sex, police said. She also reported that the license plates did not belong to the car.
Darien Police began searching town for the alleged car and individuals. While checking Goodwives Shopping Center, they found a red Pontiac car parked behind a restaurant. The owner of the car was found inside the restaurant cleaning, police said. While he admitted that it was his car and that the plates did not belong on the car, he said that he had not been in the car for several hours.
Upon hearing the allegations, the man told police that his ex-girlfriend, Castaneda, has been harassing him recently. He said that she had called the restaurant every day attempting to get him in trouble, which his manager confirmed, police said.
Darien Police checked with Stamford dispatch, to see if the woman caller identified herself as Castaneda. Stamford dispatch confirmed that the caller was Castaneda.
Darien and Stamford police went to Castaneda’s residence, where she admitted to calling 911. However, she denied saying that the man was having sex with a minor. Castaneda also said that she did not know who the car belonged to. Police said that Castaneda continued to change her story, and because of that, she was placed under arrest.
Castaneda posted $2,500 bond and has a court date of Jan. 19.
Link: http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/darientimes/news/local/46202-darien-false-report-of-statutory-rape-lands-stamford-woman-in-jail.html
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is is what I'm talking about, why do certain law enforcement precincts enable them type of viscous/ violent yong women.
Are certain police jurisdictions neglecting their duties as law enforcement when they refuse to press charges against false rape accussers?? My false rape accusser should have been charged, but was not, and i want to hold someone accounteable for this.
I too would like to hold my false accuser accountable for her crime, and there is another part of me that just wants to be free from all of it.
I wonder how many FRA cases involve revenge as a motive.
It sounds like the police did the right thing here.
"Darien Police checked with Stamford dispatch, to see if the woman caller identified herself as Castaneda. Stamford dispatch confirmed that the caller was Castaneda."
Well, look at that! the Police listened tot eh accused, and followed-up by investigating his side as well. The results, the lie was uncovered, and the real perp arrested and charged.
Yes, sometime the Police don't do an adequate job, sometimes they arrest innocent men on the word of a woman alone. And, sometimes, they let the thoughtless callous liars off with a slap on the wrist (sometimes just a tap).
But, as we can plainly see here, sometimes they get it right. I believe that this is happening more and more often as reports of FRA's are increasingly making their way through the disinformation campaigns set up to "protect" the public from knowledge of the pervasiveness of FRA's.
That said, I'd like to ask the anonymous poster who routinely slaps up the "Police-feminist alliance" boiler plate to spare us - at least on this thread. It just doesn't fit, and makes little sense to post on threads about stories where the Police do get it right.
Anonymous said...
I too would like to hold my false accuser accountable for her crime, and there is another part of me that just wants to be free from all of it.
I wonder how many FRA cases involve revenge as a motive.
Feb 1, 2010 9:07:00 AM
How would one go about doing this? Holding the accuser accounhtable?
Can you be sued for telling the truth?
Anonymous (to another anonymous poster) - "How would one go about doing this? Holding the accuser accounhtable?
Can you be sued for telling the truth?"
I gather from this last question that you are inferring that the other anonymous poster is lying and that (his) accuser is telling the truth?
Also, it would be helpful in following the discussion if anonymous posters would try to identify themselves in some way - you initials at the end of your comments, perhaps - so that others can keep better track of which poster is saying what.
slwerner,
I read a different thing there. I think anon is asking, if you go after your false accuser (through legal channels), can you in turn be sued, say civilly, for telling the truth?
I think that's what is being said.
Anon, you may be able to sue for defamation, but that is very difficult. If the false accuser is some college woman, few contingent fee attorneys would have interest in pursuing it. You also run the risk of losing if the jury doesn't know who to believe -- which could blacken your reputation..
Sounds like the scary bitch needs to be charged with stalking, also. $2500 for bond is way too low for a nut like her. If it was a man he'd be shelling out a quarter of a million dollars.
Pierce Harlan - "You also run the risk of losing if the jury doesn't know who to believe"
Although the poster did not specify that his accuser had been proven (by Police) to be lying, I assumed it to be the case.
If there is no formal determination that the initial claim was substantively false, I don't think he would have much of a case at all (unfortunately). If he was acquitted by a jury, for instance, it still leaves up-in-the-air the issue of the accusers "guilt" as to purposefully making the claim, and causing subsequent harm to him.
Even worse if he's either still under investigation, or if he has already been falsely convicted.
I would think that it would be very difficult to win based solely on one's assertion that they had been falsely accused.
The Archivist - "I read a different thing there."
I wasn't sure how to take it, thus, I was hoping for a clarification.
In the past, a troll or two has taken to outright accusing those who post here of their personal experience with an FRA of simply lying to cover for their having actually committed the crime. My issue with the (2nd) anonymous poster was to see if they were suggesting that same thing.
Again, as asked, the questions from that poster left me unclear as to the intent of the question of who was being assumed to be telling the truth.
Alot of men simply cannot believe that women and girls would EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER lie about rape..when they actually do it all the time, for a variety of reasons.
Anonymous -
[My, oh my! that's some tasty lookin' bait]
Which gets to something I've been saying fro some time now - and which I neglected to mention in my previous comment about the lead story herein.
Getting information about the motives involved go a long way towards helping people overcome their built-up bias against believing women (other than a few rare and radon crazies) make FRA's.
Here, in this story, when readers are told exactly WHY she made the FRA, it's as if the lights click on for them. It suddenly makes perfect sense why an angry ex would do something of this nature to try to hurt their former partner. It re-frames the incident for them so that they're not left with that all too common lingering thought about "why would a women lie about a subject that is so very important to women?".
Explaining the motives presents this situation so that they can understand it from the frame of reference from their own lives, and own experiences. It's easy to imagine angry ex's doing rash, stupid, and often illegal things in striking out. An FRA suddenly seems quite understandable.
That "why would a woman lie?" hurtle is really one of the bigger ones that must be overcome in order to educate the public about the prevalence of FRA's. Stories like this serve to further this educational process better, since, not only is an FRA reported, but it is also explained.[/rant]
Anonymous - "Alot of men simply cannot believe that women and girls would EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER lie about rape"
In my zeal to launch off into a rant, I neglected to give proper attribution to the poster who inspired me.
The quoted comment is what my last comments were directed towards.
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