CLEARFIELD – A Philipsburg woman who was accused of false reports to law enforcement authorities waived her right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday at the Clearfield County Jail.
Rose Ann Roach, of Philipsburg, faced charges that stem from false reports that she provided to the Clearfield State Police in l2007.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Oct 8, 2007 Roach had told police that her husband and another man had broken into the Moose Lodge #154 in Osceola Mills. She told police she was told this by her husband’s accomplice. She told police that on the next day, her husband appeared to have suddenly acquired a lot of money.
Afterward, Roach said that her husband ran off to Ephrata, taking her 1989 Jeep Comanche with him. He also removed a license plate that he stuck on the Jeep and stopped paying his child support. She also told police he threatened to kill her if she turned him into the police, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
Court documents also indicated that a warrant was already out for her husband in Centre County from a July incident. He had shown up for sentencing but failed to report in. The warrant was then faxed down to Ephrata.
On Feb. 4, 2008, police made contact with Roach again. They initially left her a message. When Roach returned the call, she denied ever providing a report to police. When pressed, Roach stated she was hanging out with another girl in October but failed to provide an identity for the same.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Roach admitted she lied in reporting her husband as the Moose burglar. She stated that she had been mad at him for already moving to Ephrata after he hadn’t been in the Osceola Mills area for nearly a year. The man she accused as his accomplice had never told her anything concerning the Moose Robbery. She had used the other man’s name as she knew he was wanted by police. She admitted that nothing was true in the last report, and she initially tried claiming it hadn’t been her to avoid getting in trouble with the police.
Almost a month later, on Feb 28, 2008, Roach talked to police again reaffirming that her husband wasn’t in the area at the time of the regularly, and adding that the other man was also away at the time. Her reason for reporting both of them was out of being mad, upset and drinking.
At this time she also told the police she heard since the last contact who the real burglar was from a Moose employee and significant other the burglar.