Recently USA.ONE told the story of Joshua Witte from Colorado.
26-year-old Witt has published on Facebook a post about that in the Parking lot near the restaurant he was assaulted by a man with a knife, taking the neo-Nazi. As proof, the guy posted a picture of his bloody hand, and in the comments of a post many have suggested that Witt’s hairstyle resembles the one worn by neo-Nazis, and it could be the cause of the attack.
By the way, the record quickly went viral, her repost tens of thousands of people. And on the days the story has taken an unexpected turn. As it turned out, Witt… made it up.
As told The Washington Post in the police, they immediately doubted the veracity of the guy. The fact that after the «attack» was not a single call about it in the 911, and the Joshua didn’t call the police, and his grandmother.
When police met with the victim, he was surprisingly calm. In addition, law enforcement officers were unable to find any witnesses to the incident, although, according to Witt, it happened in broad daylight in the Parking lot at a popular restaurant.
«Then we found a homeless African-American man, similar to him of whom Joshua said whitt. But when we gave Uittu his photo along with several others, he was unable to correctly define «attacking», — said the chief of police of the city of Sheridan mark Campbell.
In the end, Joshua admitted that he had fabricated the story, and cut himself inadvertently purchased that day with a knife.
Whitt told investigators that he was recently discharged from the Navy, and he invented a crime of racial hatred in the hope that the Department of veterans Affairs services will pay for his medical bills, reports CBS News.
Joshua Uittu charged with the prosecution of a knowingly false communication about a crime. Now he faces up to a year in prison and a fine of $ 2600.
