Bucks Co. Woman Sentenced For Fake Attempted Rape Claim

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —A 20-year-old woman faces up to nearly two years in prison for filing a false police report about an attempted rape and kidnapping in the parking lot of a Lower Bucks County supermarket last year, authorities said.

Anjela Borisova Urumova of Bristol Township was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 days to 23 months in the Bucks County Correctional Facility in which she accused a man of the attempted rape and kidnapping in the parking lot of the Redner’s in Middletown Township last year.

Anjela Borisova Urumova’s lies led to an innocent man being jailed for a month, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.

In addition to the county jail sentence, Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr sentenced Urumova to one year of probation, and ordered her to undergo a mental health evaluation, have no contact with the victim or his family, and pay $3,600 in restitution to the victim.

"Not only did this targeted false report impact the victim and his family in unimaginable ways, but there is also a profound ripple effect," District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. "A crime like this can shatter the community’s confidence in the system. It can jeopardize prosecutions of legitimate crimes of sexual violence. The prosecution and sentence of this defendant for a malicious false report demonstrates that this will not be tolerated."

The victim was in court for the sentencing, sitting with his wife and mother.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy said they did not wish to give any statements because the case was still too emotional for them.

“In this case, she targeted an innocent man and accused him of one of the worst crimes a person can be accused of,” McElroy said.

Urumova pled guilty in January to seven misdemeanor counts: one count each of false alarm to an agency of public safety and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, two counts of false reports, and three counts of unsworn falsification to authorities.

After the false accusations, the victim was charged with multiple felony offenses and remained incarcerated for a total of 31 days before the investigation concluded that the defendant had lied.

The victim was freed, and charges against him were withdrawn, authorities said.

Middletown Township Police reviewed surveillance videos from multiple retailers in the area of the reported attack, and a detective with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office conducted a forensic review of the defendant’s cell phone data.

The review led to the discovery of multiple inconsistencies and contradictory information with the defendant’s account of the attack at the Redner’s parking lot.

After detectives confronted Urumova, she admitted she lied about the incident and that no assault occurred in the Redner's parking lot on April 16.