A local politician in Pennsylvania has been accused of trying to act as a victim of a hate crime by planting a sling at her own desk, the police said.
Allentown Police Department said that Latarsha Brown reported that the rope on the desk of her office was found on the morning of January 10 this year.
The Department made a criminal investigation and submitted the Strop to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab for DNA tests.
On March 10, forensic researchers found Brown's DNA on cotton buds of both the outer surface and the inner knotted part of the noose after it was taken apart.
The DNA of no one else was detected on any part of the rope.
The damn finding came after Cops Trawled Video surveillance and building Access Control Records to determine which city employees were present on the third floor of Allentown City Hall where Brown works to try to identify the suspect.
Cops interviewed each employee and asked them to provide a buccal cotton swab for DNA tests.
Local politician Latarsha Brown is accused of attempting to be a victim of a hate crime by planting a noose at her own desk, the police said
The Department has started a criminal investigation and submitted the Strop to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab for DNA tests
“Every city employee agreed, except for Mrs. Brown,” said Allentown police chief Charles Roca on Monday a press conference about the case.
“Initially cooperative, Mrs. Brown later asked that the investigation was stopped.”
The hate crime investigation then turned into a probe against Brown itself.
She was accused on Monday of messing with or manufacturing physical evidence-a second-degree crime and making false reports to law enforcement, a third-degree crime.
Third -degree crimes bear a maximum fine of a maximum of one year in prison, and a fine of a maximum of $ 2,500 according to Pennsylvania's law, according to Fienman's defense lawyers.
Police officers released an image of the object that had been left on the Brown desk, which a small black rope existed in a tie form.
Allentown police chief Charles Roca held a press conference on the case on Monday
In response to questions at the press conference, Roca said that Brown will remain an employee of the town hall for the time being.
Brown is also a member of the Allentown School Board.
She is planned for a provisional hearing on April 22 for Magisterial District Judge Karen Devine.
