A Batavia woman has been charged with making a false report to police that she was stabbed early Sunday morning in St. Charles.
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Taylor Granato, 26, of the 600 block of North Batavia Avenue, is charged with class 4 felony disorderly conduct in connection with filing a false police report after turning herself in on a warrant to the St. Charles Police Department Wednesday, according to a news release from St. Charles Deputy Police Chief Dave Kintz.
Police want to make sure people know there was no random attack downtown, as they have been getting questions about the stabbing downtown that night from people who saw or heard of the police response, Kintz said.
At about 2:10 a.m. Sunday, Granato approached officers who were patrolling the downtown district in St. Charles, covered in blood with several stab or cut wounds, according to the news release.
Officers provided first aid and called for an ambulance, according to the news release.
Granato told the officers she had been confronted by two offenders in a parking lot on the 100 block of North Second Street, which is also Illinois Route 31, police said. She said one of the offenders pulled a knife, then cut and stabbed, her, before the offenders fled northbound on Route 31, according to the news release.
Granato said after the supposed attack she drove a block over, to where the officers were, according to the news release.
Granato was transported to Delnor Hospital in Geneva and treated for injuries to her face, right arm and abdomen, none which were considered life-threatening, according to police.
In the meantime, police secured the area where she said the attack occurred, searched for offenders and processed the scene for evidence, but were unable to find any blood in the area, according to the news release.
However, police found a large amount of blood in the passenger seat of Granato’s car, along with a blood-covered knife in the glove box, according to the news release.
Investigators said the attack did not occur as reported, but that the wounds were self-inflicted, and obtained an arrest warrant for Granato.
After turning herself in, Granato posted $100 cash bond and was released, according to police.
She is to appear in court at 9 a.m. Feb. 8 in Room 311 at the Kane County Judicial Center.
There are no indications Granato was under the influence of any drugs, Kintz said. Police believe she was motivated by attention seeking, trying to get a reaction from somebody she knows, Kintz said.
“Obviously somebody has to be in a bad place to do something like that to themselves,” Kintz said.
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