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A New Jersey woman who was found bound with zip ties in the woods and marked with a derogatory phrase referencing President Donald Trump is now accused of staging the attack.

Natalie Greene, 26, is charged with conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes and making false statements to federal law enforcement.

According to court documents, Greene and a co-conspirator called 911 late July 23 and claimed that three men had attacked them on a trail at the Egg Harbor Township Nature Reserve. The co-conspirator told dispatchers the men referenced Greene by name and mentioned her job in politics. According to reports, Greene previously worked for a Republican congressman.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 124 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

They really like to manufacture unreality and sell it as true.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 72 points 22 hours ago (8 children)

This one is super weird though. Why in the world would anyone hog tie someone like that and then write shit about trump on her? I'm guessing she's another alcoholic for trump. Regardless, she's in for a ride:

Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 71 points 22 hours ago

Why in the world would anyone hog tie someone like that and then write shit about trump on her?

Many MAGAts that face social consequences for their MAGAtism cry victim and and then circled with attention and monetary support by other MAGAts. Since they aren't actually victims and they want the attention, they manufacture the victim status.

Sadly this isn't confined to MAGAts. Actor Jussie Smollett did the same thing attempting to manufacture victimhood of a hate crime. What really angers me about Smollett is that there are real victims of race based hate crimes and his antics cast doubt on those other real victim's situations.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 29 points 22 hours ago

It's not as weird once you realize that they need everyone to be as crazy and stupid as they are. They can't stand a world where that's not true.

[–] Ele7en7@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

She's white, she'll get probation at most

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They want to start a civil war.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So go shoot somebody on the "other side". Tying yourself up in the woods makes no sense.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

They do that too. But in this case they don't have to do the icky parts, they just get someone else to do it.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why in the world would anyone hog tie someone like that and then write shit about trump on her?

For the same reason these people think that someone would Sharpie "FUCK ICE" onto a clip of bullets after killing only detainees at an ICE facility, and then just plop it on the ground.

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Presidential pardon incoming.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Edit: This was federal charges being brought, 2 counts. See comment below for further details on the absolute insanity of these shenanigans.

Doesn't apply to state. The governor would need to do that, and neither the current nor the next is going to be interested in that.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I figured if the DOJ was investigating it was federal.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Yup you are right, in another article (much earlier) they mentioned charges by the state, but this one calls out the DOJ specifically.

The other article was crap, apparently.

Not only did she call 911, she reached out to and told the FBI she had been receiving threatening messages. As it turns out, the messages they did find were with a scarification artist (I didnt know that was a thing) in PA, along with a copy of the receipt for about $500 in work she had done just prior to the "event". Along with a reddit account where she followed scarification and body mod subreddits. The scarification artist performed the work based on a design she provided.

So the charges came through the US AG for NJ, not the NJ AG per the other shitty article.

The original investigation was by township, county, and state officials, and I guess with her claims that brought on FBI involvement as well.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

That's an odd way of spelling "Trump supporter"

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[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 117 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Me: I wonder how they know it was staged

But investigators later concluded Greene had staged the attack, alleging she paid a body modification artist earlier to make it look like she was injured. Officers also found zip ties in Greene’s vehicle similar to those used on her, and the co-conspirator’s phone had been used two days earlier to search “zip ties near me."

Lol

[–] LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 40 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware zip ties were that hard to find for some people

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago

I guess when you order everything online your whole life, you may never develop a sense of what stores and what departments items are usually sold in. 🤔

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 36 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Did... did this idiot think they weren't going to go to the hospital with her and then when the ER doc tried to clean the wound it... wiped away...that the police were going to just think the 3 guys where just wanting to have a dress up tea party or something.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 33 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

did this idiot think

Lemme stop you right there.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Lol fair enough

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A body mod artist does literally wound you, it's not paint. It's plugs cut out, sub dermals inserted, or just ears pierced if you're vanilla, that's the sort of thing they do.

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

ER staff smells that BS in seconds of opening her mouth.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 4 points 2 hours ago

"She had lacerations on her face, neck, chest and shoulder"

Scarification is a form of body mod

[–] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

Geeez, have some respect for yourself and throw yourself down a hill and get some real cuts/bruises. Its like they made no effort to cover any tracks.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 minutes ago

THE ZIP TIES ARE COMING FROM THE HOUSE.

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 58 points 18 hours ago

Really stupid. She could have just said a slur on tik tok and been a millionaire from donations by now.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 40 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

I hope a critter peed on her

Edit: anyone who can’t guess where to buy zip ties is a moron

[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 32 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Jesus, I had to go into the article to figure out what you were talking about and it's so pathetic.

But investigators later concluded Greene had staged the attack, alleging she paid a body modification artist earlier to make it look like she was injured. Officers also found zip ties in Greene’s vehicle similar to those used on her, and the co-conspirator’s phone had been used two days earlier to search “zip ties near me."

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 20 hours ago

"zip ties near me", amazing, perfectly fitting for our era of unreality

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 8 points 21 hours ago

It was so weird that it jumped out at me lol

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

A racist trying to make it look like he was the victim of a hate crime. That's a Mississippi state flag in front of him, Confederate version.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

This is the shit children do. Like LITTLE kids, like under 10 when they try to "trick" you. I remember doing something like this when I was maybe 7. I pretended to be crushed by a pile of fallen (empty cardboard) boxes. My mom walked by and just ignored me.

Imagine being A FULLY GROWN MAN. Yikes

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

As if that's what someone would write when spray painting a Nazis home. 🙄

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 hours ago

It's all projection. You know for a fact he'd love to spray paint "WHITES RULE" on a black family's home.

[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

Last living confederate veteran.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago

This is worse than the Bowling Green Massacre!

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago

I mean she is, but she's struggling to understand that the people she supports are the ones victimizing her. That's why all these people have to make shit up.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Anybody want to take bets on what skin color these alleged kidnappers would have? Or is that too obvious?

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

Obviously they were Muslim gay black trans Mexicans!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Why is it always the right entangling themselves in crime?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago

That was very Smollett-minded of her.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

After Jussie Smollett, can't imagine why anyone thinks doing something like this is a good idea.

[–] DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Ah the old Ashley Todd game. Same ending. Fucktards....

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 5 points 35 minutes ago

I’m more surprised the DOJ is going after her for this rather than giving her a medal.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

So were the words “Trump whore” what she had cut in to her, or was it random cuts with TW written in sharpie or something?

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