Woman jailed for making up story

A woman who claimed her husband hit their 3-year-old daughter has been sentenced to serve 48 hours behind bars after she admitted making up the story.

The false accuser, Crystal Holland, was issued the two-day jail sentence Tuesday by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross after she appeared before the court to show cause why she had backed out of prosecuting the domestic assault warrant she had taken against her husband.

Holland had claimed her husband had, on July 8, hit their 3-year-old daughter in the back with enough force to knock her to the floor. He was arrested on the charge and had to post bond. She had personally taken the warrant through a judicial commissioner after lawmen refused to pursue the charges given the lack of evidence.

However, during her first appearance before the court, Holland said she wanted to drop the charges ‘ a request which is not treated lightly.

‘We don’t need people taking charges, wasting our time and the time of law enforcement, and having people arrested only to come up here and decide they want to drop charges because everything is OK now,’ said Ross when the announcement was made about dropping the charges.

Given Mrs. Holland’s unwillingness to pursue the charges, the charge was dropped and the accuser served with a show-cause order, which is a standard charge when a person neglects to follow through prosecuting an arrest warrant.

It was during her show-cause hearing that Mrs. Holland maintained she was on medication and was not sure what she saw, if anything, concerning the alleged assault on her daughter. The story did not sit well with Judge Ross who found her in violation, ordering her to report next month to serve her 48 hours. She can appeal the order prior to serving the time.