Oregon mom jailed for using kids in volleyball scheme

[Parche]

Oregon mom jailed for using kids in volleyball scheme

07:21 AM PST on Thursday, November 13, 2008

Associated Press

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- A Medford woman is going to jail and must pay restitution for sending her children door to door seeking donations for a trip to a volleyball camp.

Carley Torres will have to spend up to 90 days in jail and pay back more than $3,000 after pleading guilty to theft charges.

The 35-year-old Torres and her 33-year-old husband, Laramie Torres, sent their children through neighborhoods in Medford, Ashland and Eagle Point last year to ask for donations to send their oldest daughter to a volleyball camp.

But the couple instead spent the money on shopping mall trips, monster truck rallies and weekends at the movies.

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Why do I think of Midlo when I read this.....sending out BM, TM, MB door to door donations for
gold plated bunco dice............:rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[rcrush]

1. She probably sent them out in her own neighborhood.

She should have driven across town or something.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Ha. The Midlets have never gone door to door.

I don't believe in it. Even for Girl Scout Cookies.

It offends the shit out of me when kids go door to door.

[Dr. Strange]

4. I think I'm going to take that stance too.

I hate it.

[madinmaryland]

5. I thought you were taking a wide stance??

:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

6. It ticks me off because when they were little, I bought from everyone

who came to the door and then I realized when TM was in Kindergarten and needed to sell wrapping paper, that there was no one for her to sell to.

So, I sucked it up and bought it myself.

I strongly feel if you want your kid in soccer, or band, or whatever, pony up the cash. The band kids came around here the other day and I was like :wtf:

TM's show choir costs were in the THOUSANDS, but she never asked for a handout. If we didn't have the cash to do it, she wouldn't have done it.

[Parche]

7. did you win those $$$ at bunco night?

:shrug: :hi: :hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

8. LOL. I wish. Bunko is tonight, but I'm not going.

[Parche]

9. i thought it was always wednesday nights?

:shrug: :hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

10. It's usually Tuesdays, but folks couldn't make on Tuesdays

this month. Too many sports banquets and such.

[edbermac]

3. We had a lady in the Boston area saying she had cancer.

A few years ago. Of course she didn't.

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