Sherwood (R, PA)
Posted on 05/06/2005 5:45:39 AM PDT by Born Conservative
Maryland woman hires attorney, says cops refuse to give her copy of her 911 call.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Maryland woman who told authorities U.S. Rep. Don Sherwood choked her in his Washington apartment has hired a law firm and says police have refused to give her a copy of her 911 call.
Cynthia Ore, 29, of Rockville, said she initially made the request months ago, but is pursuing it now after being encouraged by friends and family members to take legal action.
In an interview Wednesday, Ore said she believes Washington, D.C., police were more concerned about the welfare of Sherwood, a Republican from Tunkhannock, when they responded to his apartment at 1 p.m. Sept. 15.
“Who would you help, a young girl or a member of Congress?” asked Ore, who said she has lived in fear since the incident. “He lives in the Hill House so they knew. It’s mostly congressmen and also senators.”
Attorney Darcy A. Shoop confirmed Thursday that the Rockville, Md., law firm she works for has been hired by Ore, but Shoop wouldn’t comment further on the law firm’s plans.
Ore said several police officers responded to the scene and were coming into and out of the apartment. She said the officers removed Sherwood from the apartment, then took him into his bedroom, while an officer talked with her.
While inside the apartment, the officers walked around the apartment and dug through her personal items, such as clothes she had there, she said.
A Washington Metropolitan Police report states that Ore told police she locked herself in a bathroom and called 911 after Sherwood “choked her for no apparent reason” while giving her a backrub in his D Street apartment.
Sherwood, 64, told police he was giving Ore a backrub when she “jumped up” and ran to the bathroom, the report stated.
Police said they saw no visible injuries on Ore and had trouble getting to the bottom of the story.
“Based on interviews with both parties and no physical evidence of injury to (Ore), there was no probable cause to make an arrest or reasonable cause to believe (Ore) was assaulted,” the report stated.
“Both parties have left out significant information or are not willing to discuss in detail what actually happened,” the police incident report says, noting that Ore “did not seem to be of sound mind.”
Ore admits she was frazzled when talking with police.
“I was shocked. I was frozen,” said Ore, who works in her family’s restaurant business.
“It was not my purpose to send him to prison. I was just trying to get out of there OK.”
Ore said Sherwood, a married man, was angry because she showed up to the apartment late that afternoon.
While police say she “changed the subject several times,” Ore insists she never withdrew her statement to police and believes they didn’t give her complaint proper attention.
Sherwood has previously declined to discuss specifics of the incident and described Ore as a casual acquaintance. On Tuesday Sherwood issued an apology “for the pain and embarrassment I have caused my family and my supporters.”
Ore disputed Sherwood’s characterization of their relationship and said they have been lovers since 1999, when they met at a Young Republicans meeting.
The officer who wrote the report, Nicholas Deciutiis, has not commented on the incident.
Speaking in general terms on Thursday, a spokesman for the department said officers should know where high-ranking officials live, but he said those officials do not receive preferential treatment.
“Nobody’s above the law,” said Master Patrol Officer Maurice Thompson. “It behooves you to know who the high-ranking people are. Sometimes things are handled more delicately because it could draw media attention. If someone’s dog ran away, no one would care. But if the president’s dog ran away, it would draw media attention.”
Ore says she was denied a copy of the 911 tape by police in November. The Times Leader also has asked for a copy of the tape and was told it would not be released without a court order.
Sherwood did not return a call Thursday for comment. An attempt to reach Sherwood or his wife at their home on Sherwood Lane in Tunkhannock Township Thursday afternoon was also unsuccessful. A woman who identified herself as Sherwood’s sister-in-law said no one was at the home. She declined further comment.
Sherwood (R, PA)
Maybe this all happened because he found out she was older then he was.
ghastly taste in ho's....
Why would a young woman with looks like hers put her hooks into a 64 year old Congressman? It looks more lika an extortion scheme gone wrong than a back rub turning into a choking to me. For some reason I cant see an innocent party in this story. he should know better than to let a young woman like this hook him and she sure didnt go there for the backrubs.
Police probably came to the same conclusion and decided to downplay the whole thing. But for some reason she doesnt want to let up. Theres more to this story than what is coming to light. Maybe they were discussing "business" matters when she jumped up and took off.
floozy alert!
Absolutely. She's a standard Match.com 29-year-old. ;)
As my mother, God rest her soul, used to say, "She's been around more than a botton on an outhouse door."
Yeah, well, I think in this case we are talking very high mileage on what is claimed to be a late model car.
It is a high milage with low maintenance 29.
It was probably fueled and lubed by crack and meth.
Skinny legs, fake blonde hair, looks too much like Lonnie Anderson from the 1980s "WKRP in Cincinnati" show. Does nothing for me, but neither does that big-boobed bimbo from Baywatch, Pamela Anderson. What a skank!!
I'll take the little brunette from "JAG" any day of the week (I forget her name).
Er, botton = button
She should be glad that it was not BJ Bill giving her the back rub.
Can you say Marcy Park?
She looks like a bad version of Loni Anderson.
Yummmmm.
Skanky blonde ping.
Someone's definitely been tampering with her odometer ;-)
classygreeneyedblonde ?
Ralph Reed can go for 29.
But this woman looks about 43
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