Yesterday, WABC 7 weather anchor Heidi Jones pleaded not guilty to falsely reporting an incident to the police. The criminal complaint says Jones admitted making up a story about being nearly raped/attacked by a Hispanic man twice, while her lawyer says she never said she was a victim of a rape. Now WCBS 2 reports, "Police detectives actually did pick up a Latino who vaguely fit Jones’ description, but he was not arrested, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman. He was quickly released, and the police apologized." Cue "some Puerto Rican guy."
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