An Ohio mother was arrested Monday on charges that she lied for years about her young daughter as a dying cancer patient, deceiving those trying to help her.
according to to the Noble County Sheriff's Office. Pamela Reed, of Pleasant City, was charged with theft by deception, a fourth-degree felony.
NCSO and Noble County Children Services received a tip about the scam on January 4th. An elementary school nurse at the victim's school alerted detectives after discovering that Reed's daughter was not blind in her right eye, as Reed had claimed.
report New York Post.
The nurse contacted the child's health care provider and clarified that “Mr. AR did not have cancer or leukemia, and she had never had cancer or leukemia.''
Sheriff Jason McKee, detectives and Noble County Children's Services subsequently began investigating the allegations and determined the child did not have cancer.
In addition to providing false medical documents to the school, the indictment alleges that Reed shaved the victim's head, submitted to ongoing blood tests, gave her anti-seizure medication, and committed 280 crimes between 2023 and 2024. It is alleged that the student was absent from school for more than an hour. already. Even the victim's sister appears to have been misled into thinking that the girl had cancer.
Among Reed's many shakedowns:
Pig roast and bake sale On October 21st, he claimed that all proceeds would be donated to his 7-year-old daughter's upcoming “acute myeloid leukemia journey.” Reed also raised money through her now-deleted GoFundMe campaign.
Investigators later discovered that a local organization had given the family about $8,000 to help with medical costs.
Since at least October 2017, Reed has been posting about her daughter's false condition on social media, soliciting sympathy and donations, and even selling products in her daughter's name.in
1 instanceshe made her now 8-year-old victim say on video that she hated cancer.
Reed in September
claimed“Addy had some discolored teeth from the horrible chemotherapy treatments…and was being teased by some of the kids.”
“Today was a tough day mentally for our warriors. We've had some new pain over the past few days, but we hope that's it and that it doesn't spread any further,” Reed said.
I have written Posted on December 31st.
“Tuesday begins another 10 weeks of even more intensive treatment and a host of other medications,” Reed said.
I have written Just before she was arrested. “No child should have to fight as hard as their parents can, no matter how hard it is.”
Reed repeatedly claimed that her daughter was being treated at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
The 41-year-old mother was arrested on Jan. 8 and then taken to the Noble County Jail, where NCSO suggested she admitted to “exaggerating and fabricating medical conditions in order to receive monetary donations from local organizations.”
Reed reportedly told authorities that he continued the fraud because he “liked the support he received as a result.”
The paper noted that it remains unclear whether Ms. Reed's husband was involved in the plot, but that Ms. Reed's two children were taken from her home.
Noble County Court Judge Jennifer Arnold set Mr. Reed's bail at $50,000.
“We are extremely proud of the way Children's Services staff and law enforcement worked together to act quickly for the safety of our children,” Mackey County and Noble County Children's Services said in a joint statement. Ta. “Child abuse and neglect are not necessarily run-of-the-mill scenarios. If you, as a professional or a member of our community, feel something is wrong, don't hesitate to report it.”
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