Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A Maryland woman who claimed she was robbed in the Downtown hotel room of a Cincinnati Reds pitcher last month has been charged with filing a false police report.

Claudia Manrique, 26, of Silver Spring, at first told Pittsburgh police she was alone in the room of Aroldis Chapman the night of May 29 when she was attacked by a man posing as a maintenance worker for the Omni William Penn.

She said the stranger tied her up with cloth napkins when she refused to relinquish a bag containing $200,000 worth of Mr. Chapman's jewelry.

He was with his team playing against the Pirates at PNC Park and returned to find his belongings gone.

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