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Follow-up to this older thread:
Allentown officials announced charges Monday against a city employee, alleging that she made a false police report and tampered with evidence after reporting she found a noose on her desk in January.
LaTarsha Brown, who works for the city’s community and economic development department, faces charges of making false reports, a third-degree misdemeanor, and tampering with and fabricating physical evidence, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
City police in January announced an investigation into an incident where a city employee, later identified as Brown, found an item resembling a noose on her desk when she reported for work in the morning. A group of activists several days later held a protest outside City Hall, calling for justice and accountability and labeling the incident a hate crime. City officials announced two days after the protest that the FBI was involved in the investigation.
However, a few weeks into the investigation in late January, a Lehigh County judge approved a search warrant for Brown’s DNA. An affidavit alleged that Brown was not cooperating with the investigation, made “vague statements and gave deceptive answers” to investigators and refused to voluntarily provide a DNA sample.
According to the affidavit supporting the charges against Brown, only her DNA was found on the outside of the noose and the inner knotted portion when it was untied. DNA also had been collected from nine other employees who were identified as being on the third floor between the time Brown left the night before and when she found the noose. None was a match. Police said the other employees voluntarily gave DNA samples.
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk called the charges “shocking” and said he is grateful to Allentown police for conducting a thorough investigation.
“It’s doubly shocking that an employee would — that she would have fabricated this incident,” Tuerk said.
Sigh.....Every. Single. Time.
BTW.....Innocent employees were forced to submit DNA samples to law enforcement or face termination. It was not voluntary.
In other news....The demand for "racism" continues to outpace the supply.
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Allentown officials announced charges Monday against a city employee, alleging that she made a false police report and tampered with evidence after reporting she found a noose on her desk in January.
LaTarsha Brown, who works for the city’s community and economic development department, faces charges of making false reports, a third-degree misdemeanor, and tampering with and fabricating physical evidence, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
City police in January announced an investigation into an incident where a city employee, later identified as Brown, found an item resembling a noose on her desk when she reported for work in the morning. A group of activists several days later held a protest outside City Hall, calling for justice and accountability and labeling the incident a hate crime. City officials announced two days after the protest that the FBI was involved in the investigation.
However, a few weeks into the investigation in late January, a Lehigh County judge approved a search warrant for Brown’s DNA. An affidavit alleged that Brown was not cooperating with the investigation, made “vague statements and gave deceptive answers” to investigators and refused to voluntarily provide a DNA sample.
According to the affidavit supporting the charges against Brown, only her DNA was found on the outside of the noose and the inner knotted portion when it was untied. DNA also had been collected from nine other employees who were identified as being on the third floor between the time Brown left the night before and when she found the noose. None was a match. Police said the other employees voluntarily gave DNA samples.
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk called the charges “shocking” and said he is grateful to Allentown police for conducting a thorough investigation.
“It’s doubly shocking that an employee would — that she would have fabricated this incident,” Tuerk said.
Sigh.....Every. Single. Time.
BTW.....Innocent employees were forced to submit DNA samples to law enforcement or face termination. It was not voluntary.
In other news....The demand for "racism" continues to outpace the supply.
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