It’s the kind of incident that has to make women all over cringe and men say you see that as a Bristol Township woman now stands accused of falsely reporting rape allegations.
Last month, an attempted rape and kidnap incident was reported to Middletown Police. A day later, a man was arrested based on the report given by a 20-year-old woman and jailed for 31 days. A month later, the man was cleared of all charges based on an investigation that led to charges against the woman for filing a false complaint, said officials. The man is free and now the woman is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Anjela Borisova Urumova, of Bristol Township was charged on Monday, May 20, 2024, with filing a false police report about an attempted rape and kidnapping in the parking lot of the Redner’s in Middletown Township last month. She was charged with one count each of false alarm to an agency of public safety and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, two counts of false reports and three counts of unsworn falsification to authorities. Urumova was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Charles D. Jonas who remanded her to Bucks County Correctional Facility under $30,000 bail, 10 percent, according to spokesperson, Manuel Gamiz Jr, of the Bucks County District Attorney’s (DA) office.
Anjela Borisova Urumova – Credit: Bucks County DA Office
Daniel Pierson, the man Urumova implicated in the April 16, 2024 attack, was freed from Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF) on Friday, May 17, 2024 and charges against him were withdrawn, shown in court records.
Shortly after Pierson’s arrest, the DA’s Office and the Middletown Township Police Department received information that warranted further investigation, said the DA’s Office.
As part of the investigation, police collected and reviewed available surveillance video from multiple retailers in the area of the reported attack, and a detective with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office conducted a forensic review of Urumova’s cellphone data. The review led to the discovery of multiple inconsistencies and contradictory information with Urumova’s account of the attack at the Redner’s parking lot, said Gamiz.
On Friday, May 17, 2024, detectives confronted Urumova with the findings of their investigation, and she admitted to lying about the entire incident and that no assault occurred in the Redner’s parking lot on April 16, 2024, according to the criminal complaint filed Monday.
This investigation concluded that Urumova falsely reported an attack to police on April 16, 2024 and specifically targeted, and later identified, Pierson as her attacker. Urumova said she gave a description of his truck and identified him because she had seen him and the truck in the past, according to the complaint.
As a result of Urumova’s false accusations, Pierson was charged with multiple felony offenses and remained incarcerated for a total of 31 days before the investigation concluded that Urumova had lied, Gamiz said.
This case was investigated by the DA’s Office and the Middletown Township Police Department. The case is assigned for prosecution to Chief Deputy District Attorney Kristin M. McElroy.
Urumova awaits a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 6, 2024.
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