Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Salisbury mom sentenced in false rape report case

ALISBURY -- A 31-year-old Salisbury mother was sentenced to six months of jail time after admitting she coerced her daughter into falsely accusing a man of sex abuse.

Debra Ann Tawes of Smith Street was convicted of giving a false statement to officers on Tuesday. She was sentenced to the maximum penalty allowed under state law for the misdemeanor charge.

"We're going to take false allegations seriously," said Jamie Dykes, the prosecutor. "The integrity of our system depends on that."

Tawes was taken into police custody in February after police issued a warrant for her arrest on obstructing and hindering, giving a false statement to an officer and contributing to the condition of a child (causing or encouraging a child to participate in a crime), according to court records.

The warrant was issued after city police were dispatched to Smith Street on Jan. 12 in response to a domestic disturbance, according to the state's attorneys office.

While officers were at the residence, Tawes told officers that her three-year-old daughter had reported she was sexually molested by a male roommate, according to charging documents. Officers contacted the Child Advocacy Center and Department of Social Services personnel who in turn interviewed the alleged victim and suspect.

The child was removed from the home and placed with family members as part of a voluntary "safety plan" after the interviews.

Investigators became suspicious that Tawes had influenced the child after investigators interviewed the alleged victim a second time on Jan. 15. The child's statements during the interview were inconsistent with her initial report, according to charging documents.

When confronted by investigators the same day, Tawes admitted she told the girl to lie even though the roommate did not touch her, according to charging documents.

"Tawes said this was a result of an argument she had with Lynch on Jan. 12," wrote Det. J. Seichepine in charging documents.

She told investigators she was angry with the alleged suspect because he had "interjected into to an argument" she had with her sister.

Tawes' 3-year-old daughter remains in the care of relatives, according to the state's attorneys office.

Link: http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100722/NEWS01/7220367

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Only six months?
WTF!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

"She was sentenced to the maximum penalty allowed under state law for the misdemeanor charge."

6 months is the maximum possible for a false accusation, apparently.

Anonymous said...

"She told investigators she was angry with the alleged suspect because he had "interjected into to an argument" she had with her sister."

That must have been some interjection.

slwerner said...

Anonymous - "That must have been some interjection."

I was thinking the same thing.

But, the sad truth is, it probably wasn't much - but, it was enough to piss her off. I believe it's demonstrative of how flippantly some FRA's are made, on such minor pretexts as a man having taken another women's side in a disagreement. His life may end up ruined, but she'll sure teach him to cross her.

It's also a strong argument why it is becoming increasingly vital to enact felony-level charges for FRA's.

Anonymous said...

I agree Mr. SlWerner.

Anonymous said...

"We're going to take false allegations seriously," said Jamie Dykes, the prosecutor. "The integrity of our system depends on that."

OH REALLY!?

OOOOH, MYYY!

Did she express the same in other rape/"rape" cases? Why don't other prosecutors do the same?

Anonymous said...

This type of thinking should have been done all along and not just in rape/"rape" cases but, in each and every case where anyone claims victimhood, especially when there is/never was any corroborating evidence.

Male from Sweden said...

SOS HELP!

This is a seriously scream for help from me and other Men in Sweden.
The country where men every day is thrown in to prison because of false rape allegations.
Feminism politics has within the last 10 years made men without juridical rights.

No country has sat this in system as much as in Sweden.

Use google translation to translate from swedish to english.

HELP US PLEASE!

Julian Assange might have opened a door to show the world how things works here.

http://translate.google.se/translate?hl=sv&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Finteutanminasoner.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F23%2Fjulian-assange-fallet-visar-sveriges-galna-syn-pa-valdtaktsanklagelser%2F

Male from Sweden said...

Correct link here to translate.

http://inteutanminasoner.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/julian-assange-fallet-visar-sveriges-galna-syn-pa-valdtaktsanklagelser/

Anonymous said...

To male from sweden, American says; Fight the perversion at its roots, and challenge the "missinformation Alliance" between "Gender feminist quacks and Law enforcement".
Everytime law enforcement arrests an innocent male in a domestic, when the violent party was the female, This manufactured statistic further "Empowers" the Gender feminist proffessors around the country...But is this constitutional??

Male from sweden said...

Investigating has now started to see if it prosecution is possible.
The issue is molesty and not even sexual molesty.
First prosecutor leakt to world media that it was a rape. Then they might have ralized that it would not be heasy to hold that charge against a famous person

This story is much bigger than CIA.
Feminist network is stronger and more dangerous and has as much power as the CIA.