Local Briefly: Police say woman changed attack claim
Published 10:47 pm Friday, August 15, 2008
LYNNWOOD — A Lynnwood woman who told police Monday she was sexually assaulted by a stranger in her apartment changed her story, police said Friday.
The woman, 18, told detectives the assault hadn’t occurred, Lynnwood police Cmdr. Jim Nelson said. She provided a statement to police that said she hadn’t intended for things to go so far.
On Monday, the woman allegedly told police she woke up early to find a man in her bedroom. The woman reportedly told police the man then sexually assaulted her and spent a significant amount of time in the apartment before leaving.
During interviews, detectives noticed inconsistencies in the woman’s story, Nelson said. Police don’t know what why the woman made up the story, Nelson said.
Detectives will refer the case to the Snohomish County prosecutors, who will determine if there’s enough evidence to charge the woman with false reporting.
Monroe: Court seizes intruder’s passport
A man whom police found hog-tied inside a Monroe house after he allegedly tried to rob the homeowners was ordered Friday to surrender his passport.
Christopher Miskelly, 24, of Ireland was charged with attempted first-degree robbery with a deadly weapon and possession of a stolen gun. He is being held on $100,000 bail.
Snohomish County prosecutors were concerned Miskelly would leave the country if allowed to keep his passport. He doesn’t have any felony convictions but is on probation for a deferred drunken driving conviction, prosecutors wrote.
Miskelly is accused of sneaking into a Monroe couple’s home July 24 armed with a gun, baseball bat, duct tape and nylon rope. He allegedly woke the couple and demanded money, court records show.
The couple told police Miskelly ordered them to the ground. He then demanded they fill his backpack with money, the prosecutor wrote.
The woman told investigators Miskelly hit her with a flashlight. Her husband tackled the man and she hit Miskelly with the baseball bat he brought, court documents said.
The pair used belts to hog-tie Miskelly until Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies arrived, prosecutors wrote.
The homeowners told police they’d never seen Miskelly and he didn’t have permission to be in their house.
Miskelly reportedly told deputies he came to the house to “make a quick buck,” prosecutors wrote.
Deputies learned the gun he allegedly brought was stolen from a Bothell home, court records show.
From Herald staff reports
