Brian Wilson

brwilson@tennessean.com

A Lewis County mother and daughter were arrested on Friday after investigators accused them of filing a false rape report against a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Authorities said Regina Hobbs, 40, and Kylie Barber, 20, told Hohenwald police that Hobbs had been raped and assaulted by her husband on June 14, according to a TBI release.

Investigators said they later discovered that Hobbs had instead pointed a gun at her husband during a domestic dispute and told officers of the alleged rape after her husband called the police.

Hobbs’ allegations were enough to lead to the arrest of her husband, though the charges against him were later dropped.

Hobbs was charged with aggravated assault and filing a false report when she was arrested on Friday. Barber was also charged with filing a false report.

Both were booked into Lewis County Jail were released on bond on Friday, jail records show.