Ohio woman charged after allegedly pretending her daughter had cancer to collect donations
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An Ohio woman has been charged with theft by deception after allegedly pretending her 7-year-old daughter had cancer in order to collect donations.
An Ohio woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole thousands of dollars by pretending that her daughter had cancer, officials said this week.
Pamela Reed, 41, of Pleasant City, is accused of providing documentation to her daughter's school alleging that the seven-year-old had cancer, according to partially redacted court documents posted online.
Reed also allegedly told the school that her daughter, whose name the court documents do not reveal, was "blind in her right eye and would be having a port implanted in the near future for her cancer treatments," according to the documents, which also state Reed "posted numerous statements on Facebook about [her daughter] having cancer."
"Several local organizations had participated in fund raising efforts and had made monetary contributions to help the family offset medical expenses," the Noble County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post. This allegedly included an "approximately $8,000" donation from one local organization "to aid in the cancer treatment expenses."
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