Town Talk staff

A Jena woman faces a charge of filing a false police report that accused a man of rape, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

The office got a report Saturday night from the Rapides Regional Medical Center's emergency room, which said there was a possible rape victim seeking treatment. A deputy spoke with the woman, Mary Taylor of 334 Carpenter Road in Jena, who claimed that a man had raped her in a wooded area off Twin Bridges Road, according to the release.

Detectives began an investigation, but evidence led them to believe the allegation was false.

"Taylor was re-interviewed and confessed to lying about the rape and stated that her sexual encounter was consensual," reads the release.

Taylor was arrested and was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center.