re: Ever been falsely accused of anything?

It was the early 90's. I was sitting in class when a security professional pulled me out. Said a police officer needed to speak with me. I walk up to the info desk and he is waiting with this woman. He asked where I was at 2 pm. I was typing a paper on a computer at my parents house. They were home along with my sister. I was there all day. I was 19.

He said that the woman was involved in a hit and run with a hatchback that fit he description of my vehicle. She couldn't provide a license plate number. She was however able to spot a college parking lot tag hanging from the mirror. The cop rolled around the lots and found my car. The casing around my left headlight was cracked when my buddy backed into it on accident a full 2 years prior. You could see the weathering around the edges of the damage. It was obviously not fresh. So I had an alibi etc. He checked my license and let me go.

30 minutes go by and I get pulled out again. Same cop with the lady who is convinced that it was me. Said she saw my face and everything. I told the cop I had nothing to hide and my parents would verify my whereabouts. Also mentioned the age of the crack (again) and they are free to examine it. She kept on with it. Almost as if she was desperate to get a claim. After this huge scene the cop finally let me go with a threatening "watch your step" type of tone. Clearly feeling sorry for the middle aged woman's situation. Add in the typical cop's superiority complex when it comes to young men. Pretty shitty.

Even though I did nothing, not to mention her car would have did much more damage than a cracked casing from the wreck description.

The odds of the same type of car is what was crazy.