A 35-year-old woman who claims she is a 15-year-old boy is arrested for sheltering runaway children in a spooky ravine where cops found condoms, bras and alcohol
- Amanda Dorrough, 35, was arrested May 4 in Port Angeles, Washington
- She told police teenagers that she “understood” them and that she identified as a teenager
A 35-year-old Washington woman posing as a “teen” has been arrested for harboring runaway minors in a ravine where police found condoms, bras and alcohol.
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz,” was arrested in May after teachers at Port Angeles High School in Washington state called police.
Teenagers had confided in teachers that they thought they were “pedophiles” and had taken action against them.
They said eight students planned to flee to Seattle with Dorrough.
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz,” was arrested in May after teachers at Port Angeles High School in Washington state called police
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz,” was arrested in May after teachers at Port Angeles High School in Washington state called police. This is the ravine where she was found with one of the alleged victims
Condoms, alcohol containers and marijuana were also found in the glaring meeting place
The 35-year-old has not responded to the allegations. On social media, she said she would be enrolled in a psychiatric facility. She has small children herself
She has been reported to police 11 times since April for dating teenagers and has even been expelled from a boys’ and girls’ club for “predatory” behavior, according to a police incident report.
Neighbors told police they saw her leading young teenagers “topless and braless” out of their apartment and that she had been in a “sexting” relationship.
One of the alleged underage victims told police Dorrough was a “pedophile” and walked around naked in front of the group.
When he told her he wasn’t attracted to her, he claimed she “got mad and wanted to kill herself.”
Dorrough has not been charged with any sex crimes.
On May 4, she was arrested on suspicion of harboring a minor after police found a teenager listed as a runaway sitting with her in the ravine behind both her home and the local high school .
A discarded bra was also found at the scene where the children allegedly proposed from Dorrough
At the scene, police found dirty blankets, empty condom packs, cigarettes and alcohol.
Days later, she was arrested for giving them drugs after the youths told police she had given them marijuana.
Dorrough was booked into the Clallam County Jail on May 14, but was released on bail ten days later.
It remains unclear when she will next have to appear in court.
According to the police report, Dorrough told officers that she identified herself as a teenager and that teenagers “understand” her better.
Nearby Port Angeles High School, where students told teachers what Dorrough had suggested