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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
In General District Court on March 11, charges of giving a false report to police were dismissed against Elizabeth Mae Pullen, 36, and her daughter Melissa Pullen, 18, both of Rixeyville.
Judge Charles Foley ruled that the women had not given a false report as to the commission of any crime, as it is stated in the statute. Douglas Baumgardner, the Pullens’ attorney, pointed out this interpretation of the statute after the Commonwealth’s evidence was presented, and made a motion to strike the Commonwealth’s evidence. He said that his client had corrected the false information within a reasonable time frame and said there was no evidence of any crime committed.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke argued that the Pullens had concocted a fabricated story. “They gave a false report,” he said, with the intent to mislead the officer. He had hoped to charge the women with something Other than the false report charge because of the seriousness of the case, but there was nothing else that he could find in the Va. Code to charge them with.
It was a most unusual case, and
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