assaulted during a robbery at the pennsylvania gas station where she worked. he pulled a gun out on me. he ordered me to give him oral sex at gunpoint. did you think he might kill you? yes, i did. do you still find yourself crying? at times, yeah. reporter: when sara reported the crime to police, a detective accused her of lying about the assault and of robbing the gas station herself. within minutes of meeting him, he began accusing me. reporter: he even arrested you, right? yes. at times i feel like it would have been easier to go through the assault than the false arrest. reporter: she told her story at a congressional hearng examinin wh inve in recent years, some major police departments have reported such stunning declines in rapes that the credibility of thei numbers are now being ion in new orleans, a 37% decrease in rapes. in new york city, a 35.7% drop. and in baltimore, there s been an unbelievable 80% decline in rape since the early 1990s.