IN- Valpo woman sentenced after pleading guilty to false rape report

10-15-2009 Indiana:

A Valparaiso woman who the Porter County Sheriff’s Police said falsely accused a man of raping her has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of false reporting.

Erica Donohue, 20, of 1209 1/2 Chicago St., was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with all but 20 days in jail and 10 days of community service suspended, police said.

According to police, on July 15 Donohue reported being raped by an acquaintance of hers in rural Porter County.

Det. Gene Hopkins of the PCSP subsequently undertook an “extensive investigation,” on the basis of which the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued a warrant not for the man’s arrest but Donohue’s,” police said.

Donohue was arrested on Sept. 29. “During the following interview, Donohue admitted to not being raped and fabricated the rape accusation to conceal her whereabouts from an individual with whom Donohue was having a relationship,” police said. “A consensual video of the incident had been discovered during the investigation.” ..Source.. by Chesterton Tribune