Teh One Who Knocks
10-27-2011, 02:30 PM
By Daily Mail Reporter
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The former TV meteorologist who conjured up a story about being raped while jogging in New York's Central Park learned her fate today in court.
Heidi Jones, 37, will serve 350 hours community service after admitting fabricating the attack last year.
The New York Post reported that Ms Jones read a statement before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers.
She said: 'I just want to take a moment to express my sincere and profound apology to all who were involved.'
Had she not taken a plea deal, Ms Jones would have faced up to two years in prison for filing a false claim to police.
The ex-ABC forecaster was also slapped with three years of probation and mandatory psychiatric counselling, the New York Daily News reported.
Jones, 37, who worked for WABC/Channel 7 and filled in on 'Good Morning America' in the past, was given 350 hours because it matched the amount of time the NYPD used on her case, prosecutors said.
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Ms Jones told police she'd been attacked by a Hispanic man while jogging in Central Park, and again near her apartment, but prosecutors later said she 'made it up for attention.'
After police confronted her with discrepancies in her version of events, she admitted inventing the story, blaming her stressful job.
She originally claimed she was attacked while running. She only reported it to police two months after the supposed incident after the same man approached her outside her home, she said.
Detectives made lengthy investigations, scouring surveillance video and appealing for witnesses, sources said.
Returning empty handed, they questioned Jones again, uncovering inconsistencies as she repeated her account.
When confronted with the discrepancies Jones allegedly admitted that she made up the story in a bid for sympathy.
She reportedly told detectives: ‘I did make this up. I made it up for attention. I have so much stress at work, with my personal life and with my family.'
She allegedly added in a statement to investigators: ‘I know there is no justification for it.’
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The former TV meteorologist who conjured up a story about being raped while jogging in New York's Central Park learned her fate today in court.
Heidi Jones, 37, will serve 350 hours community service after admitting fabricating the attack last year.
The New York Post reported that Ms Jones read a statement before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers.
She said: 'I just want to take a moment to express my sincere and profound apology to all who were involved.'
Had she not taken a plea deal, Ms Jones would have faced up to two years in prison for filing a false claim to police.
The ex-ABC forecaster was also slapped with three years of probation and mandatory psychiatric counselling, the New York Daily News reported.
Jones, 37, who worked for WABC/Channel 7 and filled in on 'Good Morning America' in the past, was given 350 hours because it matched the amount of time the NYPD used on her case, prosecutors said.
http://i.imgur.com/gfGW1.jpg
Ms Jones told police she'd been attacked by a Hispanic man while jogging in Central Park, and again near her apartment, but prosecutors later said she 'made it up for attention.'
After police confronted her with discrepancies in her version of events, she admitted inventing the story, blaming her stressful job.
She originally claimed she was attacked while running. She only reported it to police two months after the supposed incident after the same man approached her outside her home, she said.
Detectives made lengthy investigations, scouring surveillance video and appealing for witnesses, sources said.
Returning empty handed, they questioned Jones again, uncovering inconsistencies as she repeated her account.
When confronted with the discrepancies Jones allegedly admitted that she made up the story in a bid for sympathy.
She reportedly told detectives: ‘I did make this up. I made it up for attention. I have so much stress at work, with my personal life and with my family.'
She allegedly added in a statement to investigators: ‘I know there is no justification for it.’