Woman Tried to Frame Hubby in Horrendous Scheme Involving Child Porn
A woman in Pennsylvania who tried to frame her husband after she put explicit images of children on a computer has been arrested for the shocking crime.
State police arrested 42-year-old Meri Jane Woods, of Cherry Hill Township, while charging the western Pennsylvania woman with uploading explicit images involving children and also other material considered child pornography on a computer in an attempt to frame her estranged husband.
Records available online did not list and attorney for Woods and there was not a listed home phone number either.
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Troopers from Indiana, Pa. say she started the investigation when she came to their barracks on Aug. 14 to report her husband sexually abused children and put images of same on their home computer, as reported by AP.
Police investigated and determined the images were put on the computer Aug. 11 but that Woods' husband left the residence July 23.
Woods is facing several charges including a felony count of sexual abuse of children related to the possession of child pornography as well as 40 counts of lying about alleged abuse incidents involving her husband.
This is not the only recent attempt of a wife trying to frame her estranged husband. A woman in Iowa was recently arrested and charged with trying to frame her husband with a gun.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported that an anonymous call to police on Oct. 30 reported a road rage incident where a driver was reported to have pointed a gun at another driver.
Police pulled over the vehicle matching the description given by the caller and after searching the vehicle found a handgun which the driver denied owning.
Police were able to trace the anonymous call and the gun back to Timothy David Gilmore, the boyfriend of the driver's estranged wife. Both Gilmore and Laurel Foster, the man's estranged wife, were arrested on Dec. 17 and charged with making false reports and malicious prosecution.
