Police say a 23-year-old city woman reported she was carjacked at gunpoint in Camden County, breaking her arm after she was thrown from her vehicle.
But Sara C. Blasse's story was as fake as it was harrowing, authorities said. Blasse made it up after the SUV crashed while Blasse was performing a sex act on the man who was driving it, police said.
Officers later found the vehicle abandoned in Chesilhurst, smoldering and crashed into a tree,
Blasse, of the 1800 block of Galli Drive, was arrested Saturday and charged with filing false reports to law enforcement, according to a police report released Wednesday.
Vineland police initially responded to South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center, where Blasse was being treated for a broken arm -- an injury she said she received during an armed carjacking.
During an interview at the hospital, Blasse told investigating officer Jeffrey Travaline she was driving home from a friend's house and got lost in Chesilhurst around 6 a.m. that day. She reported she asked a man for directions, but he pulled out a gun, threw her out of the vehicle and drove away, police said.
Blasse said she broke her arm and hurt her head in the fall, according to police.
During the interview at the hospital, police received a report that a 2003 Kia Sorento registered to Blasse's father had been involved in a crash and was found abandoned and smoldering in Chesilhurst. The vehicle had been set on fire intentionally, police said.
Travaline then asked Blasse to come to police headquarters because of inconsistencies in her story.
In his report, he noted it was odd that Blasse said she walked aimlessly around after the carjacking, rather than banging on someone's door for help. He also noted it was strange she first called a friend, who lived 30 to 40 minutes away, before notifying police.
After further questioning, Blasse admitted she was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the crash and that no carjacking had occurred, police said. Blasse said she had picked up an unknown man for sex and was performing oral sex when the crash happened, according to police.
She refused to identify the driver, police said.
Blasse was processed on a summons for filing false reports and released to the Chesilhurst Police Department for additional charges.
The Vineland police report noted another vehicle was stolen Saturday in the area where Blasse's SUV crashed. The stolen vehicle was later found on fire in Buena Vista. Police said they believe Blasse also might have been involved in that incident.
Blasse, who broke her arm in the incident, was arrested Saturday and charged with filing false reports to law enforcement, officials said. She was released to Chesilhurt police for additional charges.
Vineland police initially responded to South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center, where Blasse was being treated for a broken arm.
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