CLINTON, Tenn. (WATE) — A woman has been charged with false reporting after an Oak Ridge police officer was accused of rape.

Rebecca Bowman, 49, faces one count of filing a false report, the Seventh Judicial District Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday.

An investigation into the allegation against a member of the Oak Ridge Police Department was conducted by the Anderson County Sheriff's Office to eliminate "any perception of conflict or bias," according to a release.

Bowman is currently being held at the Anderson County Detention Facility and is set to be arraigned on October 22.

"It is important to maintain public confidence in law enforcement, and as a result, we both hold ourselves accountable and citizens who make reports," Anderson County Sheriff Russell Barker said in a s

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