Charges dropped in alleged Smoky Mountain rape

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Charges dropped in alleged Smoky Mountain rape

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee prosecutors have dropped
charges against a Georgia man accused of kidnapping and raping a
woman in a Smoky Mountain cabin before a pizza deliveryman called
police.

Assistant District Attorney Steven Hawkins told The Associated
Press on Thursday that the credibility of the alleged victim was in
doubt. He said that based on all the evidence, prosecutors believed
they could not obtain a conviction against 46-year-old David Jansen
of Snellville, Ga.

The 24-year-old Atlanta woman has twice pleaded guilty in separate cases in Georgia to making false reports about being assaulted.

Deputies arrested Jansen at the rental cabin in May after the deliveryman called authorities to say a woman was tied up in the cabin and had mouthed the words, ``Please call 911.''

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Thursday, Jul 2 at 3:47 PM Anonymous wrote ...

That's what happens when you cry wolf. Nobody will believe you.

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That's what happens when you cry wolf. No one will believe you

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