A Weston woman plead not guilty this morning to charges related to falsely reporting being raped at the
Slippery Elm Trail.
Kristie Bauman, 33, appeared this morning in Bowling Green Municipal Court on charges of falsification
and of inducing panic in connection with an assault she reported in April that the Wood County
Sheriff?’s Office maintains did not occur. She told law enforcement officials that a man, possibly
wearing gray shorts, had assaulted her while she was jogging between Bowling Green and Rudolph on April
26.
City Prosecutor Matthew Reger said, during the course of the investigation, the then-accused offender
provided documentation that he was at another location at the time of the reported incident. Bauman then
confessed to fabricating the report, he said.
Reger said she was charged with inducing panic for falsely reporting that the crime occurred at a public
place and may have subsequently scared people into avoiding the trail.
According to the court, a public defender will represent her case. An initial appearance hearing with
attorney is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 26.A Weston woman plead not guilty this morning to charges
related to falsely reporting being raped at the Slippery Elm Trail.
Kristie Bauman, 33, appeared this morning in Bowling Green Municipal Court on charges of falsification
and of inducing panic in connection with an assault she reported in April that the Wood County
Sheriff?’s Office maintains did not occur. She told law enforcement officials that a man, possibly
wearing gray shorts, had assaulted her while she was jogging between Bowling Green and Rudolph on April
26.
City Prosecutor Matthew Reger said, during the course of the investigation, the then-accused offender
provided documentation that he was at another location at the time of the reported incident. Bauman then
confessed to fabricating the report, he said.
Reger said she was charged with inducing panic for falsely reporting that the crime occurred at a public
place and may have subsequently scared people into avoiding the trail.
According to the court, a public defender will represent her case. An initial appearance hearing with
attorney is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 26.