A Wrightstown woman who claimed a state trooper sexual assaulted her following her DUI arrest in May was charged Thursday in Middletown for making up the story.
Briana Ceglia, 32, was charged via mail summons with two counts of false reports. She is also awaiting trial on her May 10 DUI arrest in Bensalem that spurred the investigation that lead to charges this week.
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According to court papers filed by Bucks County Detectives, Ceglia was stopped and arrested for DUI on May 10 in Bensalem by two state troopers. One of the troopers then reportedly transported her from the site of her traffic stop to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown so she could get a blood draw to see how intoxicated she was,.
From there, Ceglia was transported to the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Bensalem, court papers say. There, Ceglia claimed, one of the troopers touched her left breast, unbuttoned her shorts and touched her vagina, detectives wrote in court papers.
The 32-year-old said she told the trooper “no” and pushed his hand away, according to court papers.
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Ceglia reported the alleged assault to Bucks County Detectives at St. Mary Medical Center after her release from state police custody. It is unclear as of press time why she returned to St. Mary Medical Center following her release from state police.
Detectives interviewed troopers and reviewed security video. In court papers, the investigators said they were unable to find anything to back up Ceglia’s allegations.
In a June 4 interview with county detectives in Doylestown, Ceglia said she “fabricated the allegations because she was concerned that her father would be upset with her” over the DUI arrest.
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Ceglia is set to have a preliminary hearing before Middletown District Judge John Kelly on July 31.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
