Woman Filed False Report In Gloucester Township Near-Abduction Case: Police

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — The woman who claimed she was nearly abducted while standing outside her home earlier this week has been charged with filing a false police report in the matter, Gloucester Township Police said Saturday afternoon.

Madison Garaguso, 28, of Gloucester Township, has been charged with fourth-degree false police reports and loitering to commit a CDS offense.

Garaguso had claimed she was standing outside her home on Mayapple Road when an SUV drove up to her house and a man got out, asked her if she lived in the neighborhood, and then began asking her questions on how to leave.

She went on to claim that he walked up to her, grabbed her and attempted to pull her into his car. She said the incident ended when she began to scream and he fled in the SUV.

The Gloucester Township Police Department’s Juvenile and Family Services Bureau immediately began a comprehensive investigation developing a person of interest. It even released a sketch of the suspect on Thursday evening.

The suspect was soon identified as 19-year-old Tyler McGuirl, of Gloucester Township.

The Gloucester Township Police Department’s Operations Response Unit found McGuirl and arrested him on an outstanding warrant out of Berlin.

At the time of his arrest, police say McGuirl was in possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

He was charged with third-degree possession of CDS and remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility pending court in default of bail.

Further investigation determined that Garaguso lied about the attempted abduction. Police learned that the two had met and McGuirl fled the area in the SUV following an undisclosed disagreement.

Garaguso was arrested, charged and released with a pending future court appearance.

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