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Girl made up story about CMS bus assault

By Cameron Steele
csteele@charlotteobserver.com

Posted: Friday, Dec. 07, 2012

An 11-year-old girl admitted that she made up a story about being assaulted, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

The girl had said she was assaulted after getting off the school bus Thursday afternoon in south Charlotte. But later Friday, the girl, a student at Community House Middle School in the Ballantyne area, said she fabricated the report of someone approaching her and assaulting her.

She had been taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and police were searching for a suspect for at least part of the day Friday.

Steele: 704-358-5067

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