A 35-year-old woman who claims to identify as a 15-year-old boy is arrested for harboring runaway children in a grim ravine where cops found condoms, bras and booze
- Amanda Dorrough, 35, was arrested on May 4 in Port Angeles, Wash.
- She told police teens to ‘understand’ her and that she identifies as a teenager
A 35-year-old Washington woman who claims to identify as a ‘teenager’ 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 high school teachers in Port Angeles, Washington called the police.
Teenagers had confided to teachers that they thought she was a “paedophile” and had taken steps against them.
They said eight students were planning to run away to Seattle with Dorrough.
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz”, was arrested in May after high school teachers in Port Angeles, Washington called the police.
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz”, was arrested in May after high school teachers in Port Angeles, Washington called the police. This is the ravine where she was found with one of the alleged victims
Condoms, containers of alcohol and marijuana were also found in the sinister lair
The 35-year-old did not respond to the charges. On social media, she said she was checking into a mental health facility. She has young children of her own
Since April, she has been reported to police 11 times for hanging out with teenagers and was even kicked out of a boys and girls club for what was considered ‘predatory’ behavior, according to an incident report from the police.
Neighbors told police they saw her leaving her apartment with young teenagers “topless and braless”, and that she was in a “sexting” relationship.
One of the alleged underage victims told police Dorrough was a “paedophile” and paraded naked in front of the group.
When he told her he wasn’t attracted to her, he claims she “got mad and wanted to kill herself.”
Dorrough has not been charged with any sexual offence.
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, which is both behind her flat and the local high school .
A discarded bra was also found at the scene where the children said Dorrough proposed to them
Police found dirty blankets, empty condom packs, cigarettes and alcohol at the scene.
A few days later, she was arrested for giving them drugs, after the youths told police she had given them marijuana.
Dorrough was jailed in Clallam County Jail on May 14, but was released on bail ten days later.
It is still unclear when she is due to appear in court.
According to the police report, Dorrough told officers that she identified as a teenager and that the teenagers “understood” her better.
The nearby Port Angeles High School, where students told teachers how Dorrough proposed to them
