A woman who claimed a man impersonating a police officer pulled her over last week on a Cherry Hill highway and tried to grab her by the neck made the story up, authorities said.
A Haddonfield woman woman reported to police last week that she was pulled over on Aug. 16 on Route 38 by a white Ford van with red and blue LED warning lights in the grill and on its rear doors, according to a statement last week from the Cherry Hill Police.
The woman told officers that a man wearing a blue T-shirt with “POLICE” across the front when he approached the driver’s side window, reached into her car and tried to grab her neck, police said. The woman was able to pull way and flee from the area.
The van was captured by video surveillance a short distance away and was identified as a white Ford van, with markings on the rear quarter panel and an unknown license plate, authorities said.
With the public’s help, police were able to identify the van and it was revealed to be a federal corrections vehicle and that the officers were on duty and completing a prisoner transport at the time of the reported incident, the Cherry Hill Police said Monday in a release.
After multiple interviews with detectives the woman recanted her initial statement and told detectives the entire incident was a fabrication, police said. She told them the officers in the van had no contact with her and no traffic stop ever occurred.
The corrections officers were identified and said they had no knowledge of the woman or her car, according to the release.
The woman was then charged with making false statements to police and had a court date scheduled in superior court, officials said.
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