The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
An 18-year-old Kentucky woman is facing a potential felony charge after she allegedly falsely reported being sexually assaulted inside a Walmart restroom earlier this month.
According to reports, the incident occurred on February 4. Officers went to a Walmart Supercenter in Glasgow after receiving a call about an alleged sexual assault that reportedly took place inside the store’s bathroom. Patrol officers and detectives with the police department’s Criminal Investigations Unit responded to the scene and began investigating the claim.
The authorities reportedly said the allegation was treated with the seriousness such claims require, and the investigators conducted interviews and collected both digital and physical evidence as part of what was described as a thorough and methodical review of the situation. According to authorities, cases involving allegations of sexual assault require careful handling and significant investigative resources.