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Palm Bay woman faces charges in false-attack report

By "eAdvocate"

12-8-2009 Florida:A Palm Bay woman faces charges after confessing she lied about being attacked by several men because she didn?t want her husband to know she went to a bar.Kelly Lynn Burns, 45, of Palm Bay, was charged with providing false information to law enforcement officers after Palm Bay police investigated claims of a sexual battery, but found no physical evidence to match Burns? allegations. Police said she told investigators she had been sexually battered by three to four men after leaving an arcade.Palm Bay police said Burns reported an attack on Aug. 28, prompting an extensive investigation that lasted through November. Burns told police she was forced to take a pill by her assailants, but spit it out in the mud, reports show. Police found no evidence of mud on the woman?s clothes or any pills in the dirt at the site of the purported attack...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 08, 2009 (boomark / email).