Woman, 35, arrested for harboring runaway children
Woman, 35, who claims she identifies as a 15-year-old boy, has been arrested for sheltering runaway children in a lurid gully where police found condoms, bras and alcohol
- Amanda Dorrough, 35, was arrested May 4 in Port Angeles, Washington state
- She told police that teenagers “understand” her and that she identifies as a teenage boy
A 35-year-old Washington woman, who claims to identify herself as a “teenage boy,” has been arrested for sheltering runaway minors in a trench where police found condoms, bras and alcohol.
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz,” was arrested in May after teachers at Washington State’s Port Angeles High School called police.
Teenagers had confided in teachers that they thought she was “paedophile” and had taken steps against them.
They said eight students were planning to flee to Seattle with Dorrough.
Amanda Dorrough, who goes by the name “Taz,” was arrested in May after teachers at Washington State’s Port Angeles High School called police. This is the trench where she was found with one of the alleged victims
Condoms, alcohol containers and marijuana were also found in the lurid hangout
Since April, she has been reported to the police 11 times for associating with teenagers, and was even kicked out of a boys’ and girls’ club for what was perceived as “predatory” behavior, according to a police incident report.
Neighbors told police they saw her young teens walking out of her apartment “topless and braless” and that she was in a “sexting” relationship.
One of the alleged underage victims told police that Dorrough was ‘paedophile’ and had paraded naked in front of the group.
When he told her he wasn’t attracted to her, he claimed she “got upset 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 in her trench, which is behind both her apartment and the local high school.
A discarded bra was also found where the children said Dorrough proposed to them
The police found dirty blankets, empty packs of condoms, cigarettes and alcohol at the scene.
Days later, she was arrested for giving them drugs, after the youths told police she supplied them with marijuana.
Dorrough was booked at the Clallam County Jail on May 14, but was released on bail ten days later.
It is still unclear when she will appear in court.
According to the police report, Dorrough told officers she identified as a teenage boy and that teens “understand” her better.
The nearby Port Angeles High School, where students told teachers how Dorrough introduced them