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Crime & Safety

Police Impersonator Rape Did Not Happen: Sheriff

Kendall County Sheriff's police said Thursday that no sexual assault nor police imposter were involved.

A 33-year-old Sandwich woman was not raped at gunpoint by a police imposter, Kendall County Sheriff's Police announced on their Facebook page.

"The is cancelling the community alert concerning the reported police impersonator that allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on Griswold Springs Road in unincorporated Plano," the post stated. "The crime did not occur. The investigation into the incident will continue."

The sheriff's office posted the information about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, about two days after the woman claimed she was pulled over on Griswold Springs Road about 0.25 miles west of Little Rock Road outside Plano.

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The is reviewing the case, according to a news release. Sheriff's police said they determined there was no assault or police impersonator involved, the news release states.

The woman had told police a uniformed man driving a blue car with flashing red and blue lights pulled her over, threatened her with a gun and forced her into a cornfield, where he beat and raped her.

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