Charleston police share details from muddy college students case

  • By allyson bird
    abird@postandcourier.com
  • Monday, May 28th, 2012
    Trident Technical College student John Lawson Shafer, 21, surrendered to police on Thursday and, was arrested Wednesday and charged with filing a false police report in a Novmeber 23 incident. Penelope Jade Murray, a 19-year-old College of Charleston sophomore is charged with the same offense. The two college students are accused of fabricating a robbery hoax in Waterfront Park. ¬ ¬ Published Caption 12/10/2010: Police say John Lawson Shafer, 21, and Penelope Jade Murray, 19, fabricated a story about an armed robbery at Waterfront Park.

    Trident Technical College student John Lawson Shafer, 21, surrendered to police on Thursday and, was arrested Wednesday and charged with filing a false police report in a Novmeber 23 incident. Penelope Jade Murray, a 19-year-old College of Charleston sophomore is charged with the same offense. The two college students are accused of fabricating a robbery hoax in Waterfront Park. ¬ ¬ Published Caption 12/10/2010: Police say John Lawson Shafer, 21, and Penelope Jade Murray, 19, fabricated a story about an armed robbery at Waterfront Park.

    Penelope Jade Murray, a 19-year-old College of Charleston sophomore , was arrested Wednesday and charged with filing a false police report in a Novmeber 23 incident. Trident Technical College student John Lawson Shafer, 21, surrendered to police on Thursday and is charged with the same offense. The two college students are accused of fabricating a robbery hoax in Waterfront Park. ¬ ¬ Published Caption 12/10/2010: Police say John Lawson Shafer, 21, and Penelope Jade Murray, 19, fabricated a story about an armed robbery at Waterfront Park.

    Penelope Jade Murray, a 19-year-old College of Charleston sophomore , was arrested Wednesday and charged with filing a false police report in a Novmeber 23 incident. Trident Technical College student John Lawson Shafer, 21, surrendered to police on Thursday and is charged with the same offense. The two college students are accused of fabricating a robbery hoax in Waterfront Park. ¬ ¬ Published Caption 12/10/2010: Police say John Lawson Shafer, 21, and Penelope Jade Murray, 19, fabricated a story about an armed robbery at Waterfront Park.