A 35-year-old Washington state woman allegedly told police she identifies as a 15-year-old boy after she was arrested for sexting and providing alcohol and drugs to a crew of runaway teens that she planned to leave town with.
Amanda Dorrough, who went by the name “Taz” among the teens, was charged with ‘unlawful harboring of minors’ after police uncovered a plan for her to flee to Seattle, according to a police report provided by the Port Angeles Police Department.
The Port Angeles High School vice principal contacted police on May 4 after two students reportedly came to the office and admitted to the planned runaway, according to the case report.
Police had previously received 10 different reports regarding Dorrough’s involvement with minors, according to the incident report.
The first reported call was made on April 11, 2023, and since then 11 calls in total were made, including the final and most recent call that led to her arrest.
On May 2, two days before the arrest, several officers searched the location of the suspect’s apartment to find the minors.
They spotted three teenagers “running through the parking lot away from Dorrough’s apartment.”
An officer heard movement from the suspect’s apartment but was unable to get in touch with someone inside after multiple failed attempts.
He then decided to visit the gully where the students reportedly hung out with Dorrough, the report said.
Dorrough was spotted sitting next to one of the students who was identified as a runaway, the case report said.
The following day, May 3, according to the report, police contacted Dorrough and notified her that the child was a runaway.
Police also saw four minors “cuddling with each other on the ground.”
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Woman who allegedly told cops she identifies as 15-year-old boy arrested for sexting runaway teens
Amanda Dorrough, who went by the name “Taz” among the teens, was charged with ‘unlawful harboring of minors’ after police uncovered a plan for her to flee to Seattle.
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