Lady who identifies as 15-year-aged boy faces promises of medications, sexting

A 35-calendar year-outdated Washington condition female allegedly informed law enforcement she identifies as a 15-year-outdated boy immediately after she was arrested for sexting and offering liquor and prescription drugs to a crew of runaway teenagers that she prepared to leave city with.

Amanda Dorrough, who went by the name “Taz” among the the teens, was billed with ‘unlawful harboring of minors’ after law enforcement uncovered a prepare for her to flee to Seattle, according to a law enforcement report supplied by the Port Angeles Law enforcement Division.

The Port Angeles High Faculty vice principal contacted police on May perhaps 4 right after two learners reportedly arrived to the business and admitted to the planned runaway, according to the situation report.

Police experienced earlier obtained 10 diverse studies regarding Dorrough’s involvement with minors, according to the incident report.

The initially claimed call was created on April 11, 2023, and due to the fact then 11 calls in full ended up made, such as the ultimate and most modern connect with that led to her arrest.

On Could 2, two days before the arrest, a number of officers searched the site of the suspect’s apartment to find the minors.

They spotted 3 teens “running by way of the parking lot absent from Dorrough’s apartment.”

An officer heard motion from the suspect’s condominium but was not able to get in contact with anyone inside of following multiple unsuccessful tries.

He then decided to visit the gully in which the students reportedly hung out with Dorrough, the report said.

Dorrough was noticed sitting subsequent to one of the college students who was recognized as a runaway, the situation report explained.

The pursuing day, Could 3, according to the report, law enforcement contacted Dorrough and notified her that the child was a runaway.

Police also observed four minors “cuddling with each individual other on the ground.”

One particular was on the runaway checklist and had a juvenile warrant, the report stated.

The reporting officer thought that there was possible lead to to arrest Dorrough for “Unlawful Harboring of a Minor” soon after acquiring acquired confirmation that she reportedly knew that 1 of the pupils was listed as a runaway.

Dorrough later on advised Clallam County Jail staff that she identifies as a 15-12 months-aged and experienced beforehand reported she identifies as a teenage boy, police mentioned.

In advance of Dorrough was arrested, she allegedly told an officer that “she feels like young adults ‘understand’ her better” and that “she ‘identifies’ far better with teenage young ones,” according to the report.

While looking all around the locale where by the minors had been identified, police discovered “two vacant condom packets, a single unopened condom, a bra, and an vacant cigarette packet with a lighter,” the report mentioned.

Dorrough’s neighbors experienced called police in the earlier to report that minors were being “constantly” getting into and leaving the suspect’s apartment, with one particular expressing Dorrough was noticed shirtless and braless in the corridor with a boy showing up to be 13 several years outdated, according to the report.

A treatment clinic client reported receiving a idea that Dorrough had a “‘sexting’ marriage with a 12-year-old” and “trespassed from the Boys & Women Club, by the team, due to perceived ‘predatory’ habits,” police said.

One parent of a runaway reported that she found her daughter at Dorrough’s residence, and the daughter explained to an officer that she had been smoking “shiny” marijuana at the suspect’s condominium, which she assumed was spice, and consumed vodka.

The daughter also explained she utilized meth, according to police.

One more report by a mum or dad told police that she tracked her son’s mobile phone, which unveiled his place was in close proximity to Dorrough’s apartment, nonetheless, law enforcement were being unable to track down her son once they arrived to the house.

Seattle Radio host Jason Rantz, who originally reported on the case, stated in an write-up that an underage alleged victim explained the suspect informed him that she preferred him, and when he didn’t reciprocate the experience, she acquired upset and “almost killed herself.”

Dorrough was charged with one count of distributing a controlled compound (cannabis/cannabis) to a small and posted bail on Could 14, the article said.