DeGregoris claims also to have received threatening phone calls. On April 1, 1991, she fires a gun inside her home, obviously unaware that the police are staking it out! She tells them a man was breaking into her bedroom to rape her, but after being questioned by detectives she admits the lie, including about Strecko.
In July 1991, she is sentenced to a week in jail – the same time Strecko served before making bail. She is also ordered to pay $2,572 costs and to perform supervised labour for 15 weekends.
Although she didn’t get as far as accusing a stranger or named individual of rape, her insane behaviour was clearly escalating, and one can only wonder what she would have done next had the police not been suspicious. According to NewsBank, the report was written by Bill Riley.
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