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HELP. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE BEING SCAMMED UNTIL POLICE STARTED INVESTIGATING. >> I WAS IN SHOCK. RAY: MISSY BENOIT SAYS THAT WAS HER REACTION WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE WAS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HER NEIGHBOR. AROUND 9:40 MONDAY NIGHT, MANCHESTER POLICE RESPONDED TO 75 PROSPECT STREET FOR A REPORTED ASSAULT. >> THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE THAT APPEARED TO HAVE TWO BLACK EYES, SHE HAD SCRATCHES ON HER BODY. RAY: THAT WOMAN WAS 20-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIE BENOIT, NO RELATION TO MISSY. BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED, CHRISTIE HAD GONE TO A NEIGHBOR FOR HELP. LUCINDA BELDIN WENT BACK UP WITH CHRISTIE TO HER APARTMENT. >> THERE WAS COUCH PILLOWS ALL OVER THE FLOOR, THE BROKEN PLATE IN THE LIVING ROOM ON THE FLOOR. IN HER BEDROOM, IT LOOKED LIKE THE CLOTHES BASKET HAD BEEN DUMPED OVER, THERE WAS CLOTHES ALL OVER, AND THEN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BLOOD. RAY: DURING THIS TIME, POLICE WERE ALSO QUESTIONING MISSY BENOIT. >> THEY CAME OVER TO LOOK AT MY HANDS TO MAKE SURE I HAD NO BRUISES ON MY HAND, WHICH I DON’T, AS WE SEE. RAY: AND ABOUT THIS TIME, CHRISTIE BENOIT’S STORY STARTED TO UNRAVEL, AS THE BLOOD TURNED OUT TO BE FAKE. >> THEY FOUND A PLASTIC TUBE OF VAMPIRE BLOOD, WHICH IS AS YOU SAID, HIS HOLIDAY MAKEUP, -- IS HALLOWEEN MAKEUP SOMETHING THAT , IS COMMONLY USED WITH COSTUMES. IT SEEMS THAT SHE ACTUALLY HAD MAKE-UP AROUND HER EYES THAT MADE IT LOOK LIKE SHE HAD BEEN PUNCHED. RAY: CHRISTIE WAS ARRESTED ON OF CHARGES OF FALSIFYING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND GIVING A FALSE REPORT. SHE IS DUE IN COURT IN I DID AUGUST 22. SPEAK BRIEFLY WITH CHRISTIE BENOIT OVER THE PHONE. SHE CLAIMS WHAT HAPPENED WAS A CRY FOR HELP, THAT MISSY BENOIT HAD BEEN HARASSING HER, AND SHE WANTED IT TO STOP. SHE ALSO CLAIMS SHE ALSO SUFFERS FROM PTSD AND OT

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A Manchester woman who told police a neighbor trashed her apartment and beat her up has been accused of making up the story.Police said Christie Benoit, 20, ran out of her apartment at 75 Prospect St. about 9:40 p.m. Monday and said she had been attacked. "There was a woman there that appeared to have two black eyes," said Manchester police spokeswoman Heather Hamel. "She had scratches on her body."Police said that before officers arrived, Benoit went to neighbor Lucina Beldin for help. Beldin said she went with Benoit back to her apartment."There were couch pillows all over the floor, the broken plate in the living room on the floor," Beldin said. "In her bedroom, it looked like the clothes basket had been dumped over. There were clothes all over, and then what I thought was blood."Investigators said Christie Benoit accused her neighbor, Missy Benoit, of attacking her. The two are not related.Police questioned Missy Benoit about the incident."They came over to look at my hands to make sure I had no bruises on my hand, which I don't, as we see," Missy Benoit said.Officials said Christie Benoit's story started to unravel as police determined the blood was fake."They found a plastic tube of vampire blood, which is, as you say, is Halloween makeup, something that is commonly used with costumes," Hamel said.The black eyes were also makeup, according to police."It seems that she actually had makeup around her eyes that made it look like she had been punched," Hamel said.Christie Benoit was arrested and charged with falsifying physical evidence and giving a false report. She is scheduled to appear in court later this month.When contacted by phone, Christie Benoit said what happened was a cry for help. She said Missy Benoit had been harassing her, and she wanted it to stop. Christie Benoit also said she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological issues.