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Woman who claimed to be evacuee charged with fraud
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^
| 09/13/2005
| AP
Posted on 09/13/2005 7:17:23 AM PDT by Tatze
A 36-year-old woman is being held at the Cobb County (GA) Jail, facing felony theft charges after authorities say she lied about being an evacuee from New Orleans.
Officer Wayne Delk said the woman, identified as Beretta Jo Hogg of Lithonia, went to an American Red Cross shelter for evacuees of Hurricane Karina last week in Marietta and told officials she and her 8-year-old son had lost everything in the hurricane.
She filled out paperwork and left the shelter with $1,300.
Later a woman who felt sorry for Hogg and the boy took them into her home. Police say while Hogg was sleeping, the woman talked to the boy, who told her he attended a school in Stone Mountain.
The woman called 911 and police later arrested Hogg.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: evacuee; fraud; katrina; relieffraud
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I knew this was going to happen. She probably wasn't the first, and certainly won't be the last. At least she was discovered and arrested! My sympathies to her son, is now another victim.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:17:24 AM PDT
by
Tatze
To: Tatze
Hogg seems to be an appropriate last name.
Oh and pictures, we want pictures.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:20:51 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: Tatze
Beretta Jo Hogg A lovely name for a lovely lady...
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:21:23 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: Tatze
But aren't we all victims of the hurricaine, after all? :^)
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:22:19 AM PDT
by
claudiustg
(Vote for one Democrat, vote for them all...)
To: Tatze
"Later a woman who felt sorry for Hogg and the boy took them into her home. Police say while Hogg was sleeping, the woman talked to the boy, who told her he attended a school in Stone Mountain. The woman called 911 and police later arrested Hogg...." The unnamed "woman" deserves a medal. She did TWO good deeds!
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:26:32 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(Pray fervently for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.)
To: Tatze
Mom goes to jail, child becomes a ward of the state. Risk vs. Reward - $1300 on one side, prison & loss of your child on the other. Of course that was never considered, just the constant scrolling crawler at the bottom of her consciousness: free money, free money, free money, free money...
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:28:26 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Tatze
This has also happened in Memphis.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:30:11 AM PDT
by
freebird5850
("Tell the truth, there's less to remember!")
To: freebird5850
This has also happened in Memphis.It will happen anywhere people think they can 'game' the system.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:34:01 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: atomicpossum
A lovely name for a lovely lady... I think Boss Hogg got some 'splainin' to do...
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:34:31 AM PDT
by
Shalom Israel
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
To: Shalom Israel
Why the tears? Don't want to do the time, cutie?
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:46:52 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Shalom Israel
One of SEVEN sex offenders relocated to Camp Edwards on Cape Cod was found to be a fleeing felon. He tried to use his FEMA Debit Card to post bail. There may be a link at WRKO's Howie Carr web-site.
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posted on
09/13/2005 7:47:21 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: Tatze
Probably not the first?
Thousands will go undetected.
To: Lancey Howard
There will be more stories like this.
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posted on
09/13/2005 8:15:24 AM PDT
by
nk_47
To: atomicpossum
How did that (woman?) ever get pregnant?
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posted on
09/13/2005 8:45:56 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: nk_47
The Louie Viton store in Lenox Square has already had 3 debit cards presented as payment for expensive purses.
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posted on
09/13/2005 8:47:39 AM PDT
by
Blessed
To: Cobra64
How did that (woman?) ever get pregnant? Animal husbandry, I imagine.
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posted on
09/13/2005 9:00:24 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
To: Sax
just the constant scrolling crawler at the bottom of her consciousness: free money, free money, free money, free money... Well put. I may have to borrow that "constant scrolling crawler at the bottom of her consciousness" myself.
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posted on
09/13/2005 9:27:38 AM PDT
by
radiohead
(Proud member of the 'arrogant supermagt')
To: Cobra64
How did that (woman?) ever get pregnant?Shame on you. : ) My sister used to work in a baby goods store where the clerks would amuse themselves by looking at couples and wondering, "How did that (woman?) ever get pregnant?"
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posted on
09/13/2005 9:29:18 AM PDT
by
radiohead
(Proud member of the 'arrogant supermagt')
To: Tatze
"Let her touch this money, just for once!!!"
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posted on
09/13/2005 9:31:34 AM PDT
by
daguberment
(Celine Dion: 'Let them touch those things for once!!!')
To: radiohead
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posted on
09/13/2005 10:17:47 AM PDT
by
Sax
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