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Man jailed for lying about knife injury
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A man who cut himself and then claimed he was attacked has been given two months in jail and has been ordered to go for a mental evaluation.The man, Thomas J. Sims, 30, entered a guilty plea before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of making a false report to an officer. He was ordered to serve 60 days of a three-year sentence and must perform 40 hours public service work.He was charged after police were sent to his house to investigate a stabbing.“He said he went outside and was attacked and cut on the face by a white male wearing a dark-colored T-shirt who ran toward Walmart,” said McMinnville policeman Joseph Vanbommell.His claim prompted several officers to search the area for the suspect. It was during that time, police were also looking at evidence at the scene and realized the man’s story wasn’t adding up.