Woman indicted in LSU stabbing
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A U.S. District Court grand jury Thursday indicted the security guard who claimed she was attacked while working at LSU but later admitted she had stabbed herself.
Dale Marine Noel, 47, 2912 Caroljack Drive, was indicted on one count of making a false statement to a federal investigator. If convicted, Noel faces a maximum penalty of five years in jail and $250,000 fine, U.S. Attorney David Dugas said.
The charge stems from an incident on Nov. 14, when Noel told a special agent of the FBI she had been attacked by a Middle Eastern man “who allegedly said, ‘I hate Americans,’ ” the indictment says.
Noel told the agent the assailant pushed her against a building, causing her to hit her head and black out, even though she knew that wasn’t true, the indictment says.
The FBI was called because of statements Noel made to LSU Police during their interview having to do with a person of Middle Eastern descent making threatening comments, Dugas said.
“The FBI expended a considerable amount of resources investigating her reports,” Dugas said.
The incident happened during a home football game at LSU, where Noel was working as a security guard at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Two days later, she told law enforcement that she had stabbed herself in the law center’s restroom with a knife she found outside.
She stabbed herself in the shoulder and stomach to get attention from law enforcement and because of her addiction to prescription medication, according to the arrest warrant.
LSU, the Baton Rouge Police Department, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office and the FBI worked on the investigation.
As of Thursday afternoon, Noel was in a hospital, Dugas said, declining to identify the hospital.
“We know where she is; she’s just not in custody,” he said.
Noel had already been treated and released from a hospital for the stab wounds the day the incident occurred.
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