Police: Woman made up carjacking story to hide gambling
BEAVERTON, Ore. – Police arrested a Beaverton woman who they said made up a story about a carjacking, assault and attempted rape so her boyfriend wouldn’t know she was playing video poker.
On Sept. 7 just before 3 a.m., police said Dora Lina Tovar, 32, called 911 and told police that a man with a mustache and strong body odor got into her car, showed her a knife and told her he was going to rape her. She then said the man told her to drive her car, but she managed to escape with her keys and run toward her nearby home, near the intersection of NW Cornell Road and 113th Avenue.
The story made headlines on Friday, then on Monday, Beaverton Police officers said Tovar made the story up. Officers arrested her for giving a false report to police.
Detectives found surveillance video that showed Tovar was playing video poker at the time she told police she was being held against her will. Tovar admitted to police that she made the story up because she didn’t want her boyfriend to know she was gambling, according to police spokesman Mike Rowe.
"The Beaverton Police Department feels that false reports do such a disservice to our community, especially false reports involving reported violence," Rowe said in a news release. "The Beaverton Police Department investigates every report to the fullest or resources will allow. In doing this, a report of a kidnapping, assault and attempted sexual assault require a large number of resources."
Tovar was taken to the Washington County Jail where she faces one charge of initiating a false report.
So now this will be happening in Troutdale when they build the grange????
Hmm. She looks like someone who would use a broom as their means of transportation.
Lots of FALSE police reports/accusations made by "victims"......Look at the number of people that have had charges laid for filing false police reports and how many people have had their lives ruined because of the false accusations such as the school teacher at the coast.......The media should excercise extreme caution when reporting a sex crime or other crime where there is a probability that the sole "victim" may be deceitful.
Well, she's a couple of three different kinds of loser all rolled into one! I hope she goes down as hard for claiming false rape, as some man would have for having been accused of that rape â falsely.
It's women like Tovar and their false claims of rape that tend to raise suspicions when a woman legitimately claims rape. One has to be pretty desperate and in need of help to concoct such a story of lies and false claims. I am not sympathetic. If Tovar has a gambling problem she needs to put her big girl pants on and face it or get outside support if she is too lacking in self discipline. Excessive gambling is not an addiction, it is a severe lack of will in controlling ones own behavior. The addiction moniker is simply making excuses for people who won't control their own behavior. Of course the State of Oregon should also be charged as an accomplice for providing the gambling opportunity.
 @I812 In no way am I attempting to condone or excuse Ms Tovars actions, but I disagree with your definitions. The generally accepted medical (clinical) definiton of addiction is;
 a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance.  Addiction has been extended to include mood-altering behaviors or activities. Some in the medical/psychological community refer to two types of addictions: substance addictions (for example, alcoholism, drug abuse, and smoking); and process addictions (for example, gambling, spending, shopping, eating, and sexual activity). Both are, none the less, compulsive behaviors.
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I don't know Ms Tovar, so I don't know if the term is correctly applied in her case, but the distruction of a persons life over an addiction (compulsive behavior) is VERY real. Correctly applying the term in no way excuses the behaviors, and seldom results in any repreive from consequences of the behaviors. Â
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I will agree with your point that Ms Tovar will (and should) ultimately bear the responsibility for her actions, and that her false claims of carjacking/attempted rape were inexcusable. I just disagree with your statement; >'Excessive gambling is not an addiction, it is a severe lack of will in controlling ones own behavior. The addiction moniker is simply making excuses for people who won't control their own behavior.'
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 @I812  So â you think the state of Oregon should be sued for making alcohol available for alcoholics? And allowing cigarettes to be sold to people who get lung cancer and emphysema? Please. Nothing worse than a couple of generations with no sense of responsibility for their own actions!
@PDX Dave I said that with just a hint of sarcasm. But, I don't think the State should be in the gambling or liquor businesses. I am neither anti-gambling or anti-alcohol as I have both gambled and drank. I just believe these activities should be the provence of private business.Â
You would be amazed at how many people concoct bogus theft stories to get out of telling their loved one that they smoked, snorted, injected, drank or gambled their rent money away.
Future customer of The Grange?
 @OSUx2 Yup, but don't tell her boyfriend.
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear the sign said. Then stupid kicked in and she said "I have an idea"......
I'll bet she voted for Hope and Change; it's alright for those people to lie...
 @Lo Pan Well, the knee-jerk off-topic anti-Obama post quota has been met.
 @Lo Pan You're stupid. No one can lie like Robmey and Lyin' Ryan.
@QuandoQuandoQuando @Lo Pan Also, no one can mislead the "sheep" like Obummer....
 @Lo Pan Why? Did you vote for more of the same? Lo Pan is a sorry excuse for an American. I am an American Patriot and I'm voting for Obama/Biden again in 2012. It's the least I could do after having suffered for 8 years under the Bush/Cheney administration. Just give it some time Lo Pan, and you will finally realize what is good for you and this country. Â
@Honey Badger @Lo Pan You tell that bad bad Lo Pan where to stick it Honey Badger!
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By saying something you don't agree with, he sure is being a Bad American!
 @Lo Pan yup...
It's people like her that give people a bad wrap when they say they have been raped!! It is not something to joke about or lie about, grow up!!
 @SocietyToday ~  VERY well said..!  These idiots don't even stop to think about it, but when they make a false report like this, they're taking the LEOs away from responding to and/or investigating REAL crimes...and helping REAL crime victims..!  Â
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Guess that doesn't matter to the "entitlement crowd" though...after all, it's "all about me-me-me"... beyond disgusting...
Whats sad is someone out there taps this #%&@!!!
Most likely after more money is spent on her trial, the judge will hand down a sentence of 24 hrs jail time(already served) and 6 months probation.
with a fine lower then $1000.00. I wonder how much money the police burned through on this case?
She must not be any good at poker.
1-877-MY-LIMIT!
Can't live without 'm , can't trust 'm !
Well....another liar coming out from under her rock. If anything, this story at least might make drivers more aware of locking themselves into their cars before driving away. I've done that for years and will continue doing so. So this loser didn't totally screw up.
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 @Bikerider Gambling the rent money away?
Moral of the story, bet on horse and grayhound racing. It provides better odds than the lottery.
Sounds like she has a major problem; she could not cover her gambling addiction. Now she must pay the consequences and needs some professional help. I have won a ton of money on those machines and the secret is to play it only when you are feeling lucky. I don't understand why she made this story up though; can't she just sneak in the house at night while her bf is asleep?
 @portlandborn83 There's a whole lot of fancy casinos in Vegas that were built with money from people who 'felt lucky'.Â
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Do you know what Vegas says about people who feel lucky or have a system? They say Welcome we never close.
 @cpt.iceman ...until/unless you find or develop a system that actually works. Then they make it illegal, and have you arrested for cheating.Â
 @portlandborn83 Don't you mean the secret is to treat is as entertainment and only spend what you can afford to entertain yourself with. There is no such thing as feeling lucky when it comes to gambling otherwise we would see casinos going bankrupt on a regular basis. Statistics and common sense are on their side which is why they have a flourishing business with a never-ending line of suckers.
 @FreedomRocks  @portlandborn83 My grandmother shared your philosophy... set a limit you can afford and only gamble for entertainment.
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The problem was when she and her sister got older in life and lost their mental edge. Specifically, Alzheimer's before she was diagnosed. She would lose track how much money she had already spent there, and they'd spend all day at Dotty's or Spirit Mountain or wherever they went.
 @FreedomRocks  @portlandborn83  I'm sorry, Mr/Ms. FreedomRocks, you are being entirely too sensible and logical in your well-presented writing!
 @FreedomRocks Yes sir, I agree completely with your statement.  I once had the feverish gambling wind after winning big time on a slot machine.  The next few nights I lost like $100+ and new I had a problem so quit playing it.  Its a slippery slope when you hit it big once.
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 @portlandborn83 I'm sorry if I'm not getting an underlying sarcasm, but you cannot be serious about your stance on Video Lottery and "feeling lucky". I'm sure you were just messing around, but if not, your stance on VL is not far off from this girl's. Please tell me you were kidding or being otherwise sarcastic, that way I can go about my day feeling okay about society.
 @Joe M I play like 1-8 times a year or so, and I win big half of the time and the other times I lose my $20; probably won $1400 or so over last 5 years worth playing it and lost about $400 over the same time period.  Not bad, but I am a lucky one.
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What I mean by being lucky is I play texas holdem at various bars around town. Â Some nights I will win like every hand...those nights you definitely should play video crack because you tend to double your money or more those nights. Â Thats what I mean by being lucky and I only play on those nights which are very rare. Â I am not being sarcastic but serious; I've just had good luck playing those machines and only on the lucky nights.
 @portlandborn83 I was almost petrified you would say something to that effect. Whatever. It's none of my business.
 @Joe M  @portlandborn83 Hey, every time I stet up to a poker machine I feel lucky, and the last time I did I hit a royal! Of course I only play them when in Vegas so it's been a little while.
"a man with a mustache and strong body odor got into her car, showed her a knife and told her he was going to rape her." Really? Hi, I've got a knife and I am totally going to rape you. Next time come up with a better story. Judging from that photo, you really don't have a whole lot to worry about in that department. Oh. And I bet your boyfriend is just thrilled now, genius.
 @Jabroni yeah he's thrilled. He's free of her.
Well, at least now gambling is the least of her problems.
@medborgare 10 to 1 she's back at it the day she's released.
You're On!! I'll Take that Bet. I'll lay $50,000 for those Odds. OOPS I might have a gambling prob. better not tell the wife.
So let me get this straight. She reports a carjacking and while police search for the supposed person they also go to video poker places to look at the video camera footage? Why would they do that unless they knew (or she told them) she was there in the first place.
Or they were checking her last whereabouts for possible witnesses.
 @pdxd They have to corroborate her story, not matter what, and that means digging through where she was that night.
 @molotovmouse Cell phone pings? Credit card history? Anonymous tipster?