Charges Dropped Against Teen Who Alleged Rape

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-06-04 22:00

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'Charges were dropped Thursday against a Tinley Park teenager who allegedly lied about being raped after a St. Patrick's Day parade, authorities said.

Heather Krueger, 19, was accused of filing a false police report, which claimed she had been raped March 15 - the evening of the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade - in the parking lot of the 80th Avenue Tinley Park Metra station.

But she later retracted the allegation, police say.

It was a story she made up so her parents wouldn't be angry she'd got drunk at the parade, police said.

Tinley Park Police Chief Michael O'Connell said the Cook County state's attorney's office contacted him earlier this week because the case against Krueger was "unwinnable," he said.

"I'm not happy that we couldn't win the case," O'Connell said.'

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