Cops Eye Inconsistencies in Alleged McCain Campaign Worker Attack

[Breadfan]

I knew there was something fishy about that Obama "victim".


Cops Eye Inconsistencies in Alleged McCain Campaign Worker Attack - FOXNews.com Elections
PITTSBURGH -- Police are questioning several "inconsistencies" that have emerged in statements made by a woman claiming to be a John McCain volunteer who alleges she was robbed at knife point by an attacker who cut a "B" into her face after noticing a McCain bumper sticker on her car.
Ashley Todd, 20, reported to police that on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET, a 6'4" black male in dark jeans and a black tank top held her up at a Citizens Bank ATM in Bloomfield. According to a police report, Todd said the robber put a knife to her neck and demanded money. She said she gave him $60.
Todd also told police that the robber then noticed the McCain bumper sticker on her car, punched her in the back of the head, knocked her down, and continued to punch and kick her while threatening to teach her a lesson.
"You are going to be a Barack supporter," she recalled the robber saying before he sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees and scratched the letter "B" on the right side of her face using what she believed to be a very dull knife. Then the robber fled, she said in the police report.
But Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard told FOXNews.com on Friday that Todd later added to her tale, saying she was groped by the robber and lost consciousness during the assault. Neither of those details was in the original report.
Richard said after a second interview, Todd also was not as definitive about the assault or the motives behind it, nor could she say for certain whether the robber took $60 from her as she initially reported but maintains is missing.
Todd took a polygraph test late Thursday or early Friday after police heard the inconsistencies, Richard said.
'There were major changes in her story" before and after the polygraph test, Richard said. As for the wound on her cheek, "it's very shallow, it's more of a scratch."
Richard would not say whether police doubt her story, but told FOX News that no evidence yet indicates Todd was at the ATM where she claims the assault took place. Early reports say Todd claimed she was working at a nearby phone bank before she dropped by the ATM. Richard said Todd is staying with a male friend who lives down the street from the ATM.
Richard said the police department continues to investigate the report and takes it "very seriously." Police are reviewing surveillance footage and searching for witnesses. She said Todd is still considered a "victim" of an assault, and she noted that victims often tend to forget details of situations that happen to them under duress.
The area at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street where the attack allegedly took place is heavily traveled in the daytime, full of traffic, pedestrians, restaurants and stores. On Friday, Pittsburgh detectives were canvassing the area looking for witnesses. One detective told FOXNews.com that they had talked to a few people but got "nothing solid."
Ethan Eilon, executive director of the College Republicans National Committee, told FOX News Todd was volunteering through his organization and that she had taken a year off to work on the campaign.
He said that Todd's attacker became enraged when he saw she had the McCain bumper sticker, and yelled, "You are one of those McCain people."
Todd received a call from the Republican presidential nominee and has spoken with her family. Barack Obama's local campaign team also issued well-wishes to the Texas resident.
Police say Todd initially refused medical attention, though FOX News was later told she went to the hospital Thursday.
Several blogs and message boards, including on one of Todd's own Web pages, are skeptical at best about Todd's story, arguing the details are fishy.
"There's just a lot of unanswered questions," one source familiar with the investigation told FOXNews.com. "The story just sounds very bizarre."

[ichy_trigger]

Well, both sides have kooky supporters, this shouldnt effect anyones vote as long as they are voting for the canidate of their choice for the right reasons.

[longtalltechsan]

Originally Posted by Breadfan

I knew there was something fishy about that Obama "victim".

You just love this don't you?

[tomfoolery]

Why can't they eye the inconsistencies in Obamas past? Or his fraudulant campaign donation practice? Or what about his questionable birthplace controversy...

[Brickboy240]

Because he is the Messiah....and one does not question the Messiah.

- brickboy240

[yeahYeah]

she's been discredited and trashed like the guys in the Duke Lacrosse rape case.

[longtalltechsan]

Well now she has confessed to making up the story. What an idiot! Did she actually think she could make something like this up and not get any scrutiny? She has just done a huge injustice to the campaign and more importantly, this will stick with her for the rest of her life. And she is going to be charged to boot. What a moron.

[Sparks007]

Oh, and Obama supporters are PERFECT! I forgot.

[yeahYeah]

what a moron.

[jmichna]

Originally Posted by longtalltechsan

Well now she has confessed to making up the story. What an idiot! Did she actually think she could make something like this up and not get any scrutiny? She has just done a huge injustice to the campaign and more importantly, this will stick with her for the rest of her life. And she is going to be charged to boot. What a moron.

Do you have a link to the confession?

Michelle Malkin pretty much called it as hoax yesterday (there are other threads on XDTalk re this topic).

I wondered why the 'B' was reversed... as if you did that to yourself while looking in a mirror. Still wonder who popped her in the eye.