The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested a
University of Maryland student who had claimed she was robbed at gunpoint. The
student now admits to fabricating the entire story.
On February 5, 2013, around 12:15 am, police officers
responded to the 4500 block of Paint Branch Parkway in College Park for the
report of an armed robbery. Once on scene, police officers interviewed
the alleged victim, 18 year-old Teshauna Nicole Jones of the 8100 block of
Baltimore Avenue in College Park. Jones told police officers she had just
been robbed at gunpoint as she walked home from the College Park Metro
station. A significant number of police officers and a K-9 team responded
and searched for the alleged suspect.
While reviewing surveillance footage, detectives
determined the events as described by Jones did not occur. Detectives
subsequently re-interviewed Jones who then admitted to falsely reporting the
crime because she owed a relative money.
On February 8, 2013, the PGPD charged Jones with making a
false statement to a police officer.
The Prince George's County Police Department takes
seriously all reported crimes and thoroughly investigates each
such report. PGPD detectives made arrests in two recent cases in College
Park. Police officers arrested three suspects on
the scene of an armed robbery the morning of January 27, 2013,
on Baltimore Avenue. On February 6, 2013, police officers also made an
arrest in a January 27th attempted robbery inside an apartment building
in the 8100 block of Baltimore Avenue. The victims in both cases are University
of Maryland students. The Prince George's County Police Department works
closely with the University of Maryland Police Department on all cases
involving the University of Maryland.
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