A white woman has been charged with filing a false police report after she claimed a black couple assaulted her on the street, authorities said Wednesday. DELAWARE REMOVES STATE'S LAST WHIPPING POST ON PUBLIC GROUNDSGladys Townsend, 63, told police in Virginia she was attacked Tuesday and said she didn't know who her assailants were, but gave a description of a black man and woman, and their car. Powhatan County Chief Deputy Jeff Searfoss said police determined there was no assault and Townsend later confessed to lying. “These concerns were compounded in this situation by the heinousness of the allegation; behavior like this cannot be tolerated.”Lying to law enforcement or filing a false report is considered a Class 1 misdemeanor according to Virginia law, and is punishable by both heavy fines and jail time. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPThe Associated Press contributed to this report.

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