Police say a McCain campaign volunteer confessed to making up a story that a "dark-skinned black man"
mugged her and cut the letter B in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker; now she's facing charges.
At a news conference this afternoon, officials said they believe that Ashley Todd's injuries were
self-inflicted. Todd, 20, of Texas, is now facing charges for filing a false report to police.
Todd initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect began
beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car.
Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story
and administered a polygraph test.
Investigators asked Todd to return to the police station today for more questioning and to help them
release a composite sketch of the suspect.
When she did, police say she admitted that she made the whole thing up and that it snowballed out
of control. Todd told investigators today that she "just wanted to tell the truth" – adding that she was neither
robbed, nor attacked.
According to police, Todd said she thought of Barack Obama when she saw the "B" in her rearview mirror.
Officials say they do not believe any other people were involved; and Todd's friends believed the story about
the attack – encouraging her to call police.
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