Crime & Safety
Venetia Teen Charged With Lying About Rape Waives Hearing
The man accused of the crime spent four days in jail and nine months on house arrest.
A Venetia teenager waived her right to a preliminary hearing in district Judge Robert Wyda's courtroom Monday on charges she lied about being raped in the South Park Wave Pool parking lot.
The formal arraignment for Katelyn Webster, 18, is scheduled for June 10.
Allegheny County police say Webster testified that she was raped by Matthew Folino so that she wouldn't get in trouble with her father about having "sucker bites," better known as hickies.
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Folino spent four days in jail and nine months on house arrest before police say Webster admitted to lying to them about the rape.
Webster faces one count of perjury, one count of false reports to law enforcement authorities and one count of false swearing.
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