| November 27, 2006 |
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| Woman Charged with Filing False
Report |
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On November
18, 2006, investigators with the Burke County Sheriff's Office were called to
Grace Hospital in reference to a female reporting that she was forcibly
kidnapped and raped.
Sherry Lynn Mullins (right), 35, of 318 Walker Road, was arrested on November
22, 2006 for filing a false report to law enforcement. |
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| According to detectives,
Mullins stated that she and her seven year old son were kidnapped by knife
point, by an unknown male subject, and forced to drive the three to Myrtle
Beach in South Carolina. |
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| Mullins stated that once
at Myrtle Beach, the male subject obtained a motel room and held her and the
son hostage. She further stated that she was repeatedly raped by the unknown
male before he passed out, due to being heavily intoxicated. |
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| Detectives said that
Mullins then advised, after the male subject passed out, she grabbed her son
and fled the motel back to Burke County. |
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| After an intense
investigation, detectives with the Sheriff's Office were able to determine that
the victim had a relationship with alleged male suspect and freely left with
him. |
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| Sherry Lynn Mullins was
jailed at the Burke Catawba District Confinement Facility under a $1,000 secure
bond for filing a false report to law enforcement. She will have a first court
appearance on December 18, 2006. |
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