Hi Readers!
BREAKING NEWS 
WABC-TV/Channel 7- Weather Meteorologist Heidi Jones was arrested for lying about a false rape in Central Park.
Here's the story, On the afternoon of September 24th, Heidi told the Police that she was jogging and a Hispanic-Latino man in his mid 30's or 40's grabbed her from behind and pulled dragged her off the walking path behind bushes by a wooded area and attempted to rape her. She told police that her "rapist" was scared off by two-passers who came to rescue her. The cops were suspect about Jones' "story." The first clue to why they were suspect was why she waited until a day before Thanksgiving, November 24th; two months later to report the alledged attack. During which, Heidi told the police that he showed up to her apartment, three days earlier, November 21st and harassed her, saying "I know you went to the police!" After the meeting, Investigators and Detectives searched hard and long for witnesses and video. After they couldn't find anything, they went to talk to Heidi again and noticed some wet spots in her story. Heidi finally admitted that she had lied about the story and wanted some sympathy for her personal set-backs she was experiencing in her personal life; saying she felt "personal and professional pressures." She told her co-workers at Channel 7 in September and everyone was saddened by it. She even had Security Guards escorting her home, because she felt unsafe.
Heidi Jones, who anchor's the weekend evening weather reports and is a fill-in Meteorologist for Sam Champion on Good Morning America. She was charged with arrested Monday, the 13th of December; charged with filing a false report, which is a Class A Misdemeanor. If found guily, Heidi will be placed in jail for up to a year or a $1,000 fine.
MY PERSPECTIVE: I think Heidi should be held accountable, but to what extent? She would spend some time doing something and think about her actions. How about Community Service? Paying a fine? Her News Bio was taken down, but mysteriously reappeared at night. A poster of with her picture that hung in one of the WABC hallways, was taken down. I was very shocked when I found out that it was Heidi Jones, from Channel 7. Speechless! It has been said that she (Heidi) never really "gelled" with any of the other women at the station, you never knew where she would go with any story, she was sort of out for herself. If attention was what she wanted, she should have brought a puppy, went shopping, or went out with some friends. Co-workers of Heidi felt 'betrayed' by her lies. One staffer said, "We are all like a Family." A Source say, "she was deeply unhappy personally and professionally." "She's a really nice girl. There must be something deeper that we dont know about yet." said another source. It's very sad, I hope all works out for her. She still should serve some type of penalty as any other person would. For more information, please check out this video from FOX News I found on YOUTUBE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og6vve5_A54 COMING UP: Coming up here on "PASS" (Plainfield: A Student's Perspective.) More on Heidi Jones, New Year Eve Plans, and Staying Warm in this Bitter Cold.
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