Sumaya Thomas, 18, calls Iowa cops to avoid first date

She allegedly made some wild claims to the police after the two organised to meet.

A woman was arrested for falsely reporting a crime after she called the cops and fabricated a story in order to get out of a first date.

Sumaya Thomas, 18, scheduled a romantic evening with a stranger she had matched with on a dating app, but when he arrived at her doorstep on June 16. she suddenly “got cold feet” and phoned the cops, the New York Post reported.

The US woman from Iowa allegedly told officers that the man was an “abusive” ex who was “threatening” to cause her physical harm”, according to an affidavit pertaining to the bizarre case.

Thomas, who also allegedly falsely claimed she was pregnant with the man’s child, said he planned to “hit, punch, kick and stab her”.

According to the affidavit, Thomas falsely claimed that her date was an “abusive” ex boyfriend who was sending threatening messages. Picture: Supplied

When officers arrived at the scene, the man informed them that he had only met Thomas via a dating app approximately one week prior, providing officials with proof of messages between the pair.

“The conversation showed he was being honest and he really did just meet this female,” the affidavit reads.

Thomas, however, had told officers they had known each other for two years and accused the man of being “abusive” and “threatening to cause harm to her,” while claiming their written communication had taken place over Snapchat.

Sumaya Thomas was arrested after making false reports to the police just to get out of a first date. Picture: Johnson County Sheriff's Office

Officers later discovered that Thomas was allegedly lying and had deleted messages from her phone between her and her date, and she eventually “admitted to making these false reports because she got cold feet on meeting him”.

According to the affidavit, Thomas falsely claimed that her date was an “abusive” ex boyfriend who was sending threatening messages.

The report claims that “she didn’t think officers would help so she made up this call and the events that she described”.

As a result, the man — who was not named — was detained for more than an hour.

This story originally appeared on the New York Post and is reproduced here with permission