Albany Police say a Delmar woman, starting in April, faked being the victim of two robberies and one attempted robbery.

Jennifer Barreto, 32, was charged with falsely reporting an incident after she went to the Albany Police South Station on Wednesday, July 27, at about 5:45 p.m. and said she had just been robbed while delivering a pizza on Clinton Street, said Albany Police Officer Steven Smith; Barreto told officers that six men had surrounded her car after she had delivered a pizza on the 100 block of Clinton and that the suspects demanded her money. She stated she complied with the suspects and turned over cash.

Asked about Barreto’s motivation, Smith said, “She was trying to show a relative she was OK doing her job.” The relative was concerned about her delivering pizzas in the city, Smith said, and “she was trying to show she could handle it.”

Smith said, when Barreto came in on July 26, “Detectives were familiar with her and conducted an investigation….We had two reported incidents,” he said. One was in April and the other in June.

Barreto reported an attempted robbery on April 15, at approximately 8:30 p.m., he said. During this incident, she told officers that, while returning to her vehicle after delivering a pizza, a man approached her and asked if he could use her phone. She stated that, while going to get her phone, the suspect attempted to take money from her back pocket. She said the suspect was unable to get cash and fled the scene.

Then on June 13, at about 7:15 p.m., Barreto reported that she was robbed on the 100 block of South Main Ave.; she told officers that, while on the sidewalk, two men approached her and forcibly stole her money. She sustained a laceration to her arm and was treated at St. Peter’s Hospital, a release from the Albany Police said.

Through the investigation, Smith said, it was determined that neither of these robberies or the attempted robbery actually occurred and they were falsely reported by Barreto.

Asked if there were anything in law-enforcement similar to Munchausen syndrome in the medical profession where patients feign symptoms to get attention, Smith said, “We get people making false reports for all different types of reasons.”

Barreto was remanded to Albany County’s jail. She could not be reached for comment.