Police arrested Adowa Lewis after investigators concluded she concocted an imaginary Trump-related hate crime in suburban New York.
CNN affiliate, KOCO, reports:
On Friday, Adwoa Lewis, 19, gave detectives a written statement stating she was driving home on Sept. 2 when four teenagers confronted her, police said.
Lewis alleged the teens yelled “Trump 2016!” and said she didn’t belong here.
She further claimed she parked her car in front of her house, and when she woke up, she found a slashed tire and a note on her car that stated, “Go home,” according to police.
An investigation into the alleged incident revealed Lewis had fabricated the story and no such altercation took place.
Lewis faces charges of making a false punishable written statement.