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Clearfield police say teen lied about church rape

With crap like this happening why would one believe any story of a rape without major injury to back it up?

Why waste the police officers time? There are real crimes being committed and this child took them away from helping any real victims. That is truly sad�Your personal life is not a good enough excuse for making something like this up.

I was raped. It is hard enough to live with the memories of that horrific event without seeing reports of it happening to another innocent girl. This is so selfish and wrong.

I hope she receives the help she is seeking.

From past stories like this: it usually means the girl had sex, thought she might get pregnant, and then "covers it up" with a story like that. Too bad for all the man-hours that went in to trying to solve the "crime."

Davis County should throw the maximum penalty at her for her actions. This should include a mental evaluation and community service hours and repayment of the police offices staff that spent time on this investigation.

We have enough of this type of action that is the real stuff and the Police department should not waste their time of a total false report. After all what would have happened if the police found a very innocent person coming close to matching the description and was pulled in for questioning?

I hope she is locked up for what she has done. They need to make an example out of this person to let other teenagers know that "crying rape" is not something you can throw around and make light of. Just because you are having a "hard time" or broke up with your boyfriend does not mean you should lie about something this serious to bring yourself attention.

I don't think she needs to be locked up or have teh maximum penalty given to her. Mainly because there was no one specifically set apart as a suspect. It think it would be different if she had said "so and so" did it and the police had to investigate that person.

With an anonymous/non-existant attacker I think she needs help more than anything

Why would anyone want to punish a girl who is obviously in need of therapy/legal help? I would guess there are issues we have no idea of knowing in this young person's life.

When looking into a house, you only see what is there through the front window. No one knows what goes on in the other rooms where no one can see.....

The saddest part is that such an incident may scare girls, who have been raped, to report it. They may think they will not be believed, be interrogated as possible liars, etc. And perhaps end up in court for false reporting. How do you send a strong message to counter that? Not by accusing this one girl of having committed a crime and requesting severe penalty. Sad to see commenters here pushing in that direction.

Because IT'S AGAINST THE LAW to place a false report. We read in the news about people filing false reports and they are charged and sentenced accordingly. Why would she be the exception? And yes, I have a daughter and if she does it..."sorry honey, but you have to pay the consequences".

Her parents can go ahead, give her the so called therapy/legal help, and resolve whatever issues in her life.

If this girl had never been raped or abused, then I honestly think the girl needs a reality check.

"Why would anyone want to punish a girl who is obviously in need of therapy/legal help?"

Would you argue the same thing for Wanda Barzee or Brian David Mitchell? They clearly need "help", but should they not be punished?

actually named an "innocent" victim...that would have been worse. Not only did she waste tax payers money, pull police from working on cases that were critical of attention, she lied, she could have also ruined an innocent persons life because of her deceit.

No doubt she needs help...badly.

No...people cannot see what goes on behind closed doors...but you know...people tell pretty much about the kind of people they are by doing things like this. She broke the law...she needs to serve the time that fits the crime.

If she is old enough to drive...she knows right from wrong.

Quit giving an excuse for every ignorant thing a person does. Yeah...love them enough to teach them and make them pay the consequences, but quite letting them off the hook with your words...that's why this country is in so much trouble anyway...people are not teaching their kids responsibility...you are dishonest...it gets you no where fast!

Let's get this young woman some help, supervise her for a while on probation to make sure she is working on her issues and then send her down the road. Sometimes when people getoverwhelmed by life it comes out in unusual ways. It may be best to consider it a cry for help. It seems obvious she needs some counseling, and it would help to keep her and her family in our prayers.

Have a great day.

She needs to pay for what she has done. There are too many innocent Men in Prison being raped by other Prisoners because they were falsely accused of such a crime. The message needs to get out that you should never, never, falsely accuse anyone. I say throw the book at her.

Re: Otion

Get real! What if someone was arrested because they resembled the sketch?

Innocent people are incarcerated over just such claims. Especially if a child was the "victim." it is always, always guilty first to the "pervert" then maybe, begrudgingly, with a ton of offsetting evidence and a "we're gonna watch you" by the authorities the entirely innocence person is let free. This is especially true for one of "color."

She should get more than a slap on the wrist!

True, the girl didn't identify a particular person but there are plenty of people out there that would fit the description. How would you like to live around there, fit the description, and not have a solid alibi for the time period? Talk about going to extremes just to get out of church. Geez!

If something isn't done to help her realize the seriousness of this allegation she will do it again and others may also try it. There needs to be some sort of consequence or she has learned nothing and it has cost tax payers and valuable time for the police department for a bogus claim. Yes, she does need to be taught and she also needs some serious help.

I sure am relieved none of you "punishers" are going to be the ones to judge my actions as I move from this life into the next.

You ought to be relieved those of your ilk won't either.

Just because someone "needs help" (and I truly believe this young lady does) does not mean that they are absolved from taking any responsibility for their actions. Part of this young lady's therapy should include owning up and accepting the consequences that are a natural result of her actions. That's life. The sooner she realizes that, the better off she'll be.

Is there any real evidence that the girls story was the result of fabrication or is this claim based on the girl recanting as a result of police harassment and intimidation? After being harassed and accused of lying I would also recant and say I made it up just to make them go away but now that the girl is going on trial we may find out that she didn't intend to recant and that the police used strong-armed tactics to intimidate her into doing so.

I hope her rapist will be brought to justice someday but I suspect that won't happen now that the police want to cover their tracts and save face and not be seen as being incapable of doing their job and even catching one rapist.