Crime & Safety

Police: Woman Fabricated College Park Robbery Story

The 18-year-old University of Maryland student owed a relative money, authorities said.

Prince George's County police say the purported victim of a robbery last week in College Park made up the incident because she owed a relative money.

Teshauna Nicole Jones, 18, of the 8100 block of Baltimore Ave. in College Park was arrested Friday and charged with making a false statement to police.

Early on the morning of Feb. 5, units responded to the 4500 block of Paint Branch Pkwy. after a report of an armed robbery.

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According to police, Jones told officers she had been walking westbound away from the College Park Metro station when a man approached her, brandished a gun, and demanded she empty her pockets. Police conducted a search of the area but were unable to locate a suspect.

When investigators reviewed surveillence footage from nearby, police said, they found that the images did not match Jones' account of events. 

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Detectives interviewed Jones again, according to the PGPD, at which point she admitted to fabricating the incident because she was in debt to a family member.

Jones is a student at the University of Maryland.


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