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Police: Pennsylvania beauty queen faked having cancer in order to get donations
A Pennsylvania beauty queen accused of collecting charity funds by pretending to have cancer was in custody on Wednesday after being stripped of her sash and crown, court records show.
Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International 2015, Brandi Weaver-Gates, 23, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with one felony count of theft by deception and another of receiving stolen property.
Weaver-Gates, from Pleasant Gap, about 90 miles northwest of Harrisburg, had been faking chronic lymphocytic leukemia since 2013 and using the phony illness to solicit donations from charitable individuals and organizations, according to the criminal complaint.
An anonymous letter tipped off police to the actions by Weaver-Gates, the complaint said.
Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International 2015, Brandi Weaver-Gates, 23, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with one felony count of theft by deception and another of receiving stolen property.
Weaver-Gates, from Pleasant Gap, about 90 miles northwest of Harrisburg, had been faking chronic lymphocytic leukemia since 2013 and using the phony illness to solicit donations from charitable individuals and organizations, according to the criminal complaint.
An anonymous letter tipped off police to the actions by Weaver-Gates, the complaint said.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/pennsylvania-beauty-queen-accused-of-faking-cancer-for-donations/
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