She fooled everyone: Florida woman reported the theft of her Christmas gifts to ask for donations

The Christmas season is synonymous with generosity, something that some people use to take advantage of the good feelings of others, as happened in Florida, where a woman pretended to have been a victim of robbery to ask for donations.

And it was not a common robbery, the woman claimed to have been robbed of her children’s Christmas gifts, “Turn yourself in and give us back our things so my kids and I can have a good Christmas.”said the Lehigh Acres resident.

Shana Hudson39, was arrested after she filed a false report with police in which she said a thief took gifts for her children on Nov. 19, a statement from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

The woman’s complaint was not only before the authorities, since social networks gave it a strong boost and what seemed to be a moving case reached the television station WBBH. With this diffusion The signs of support were immediate..

Gifts came from everywhere, even the group of detectives in charge of the investigation organized a donation through American Legion. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office also provided funds from its Shop with a Cop program to purchase gifts for the family.

This is how they discovered the deception

The feeling of unity turned into anger when investigators received word that there was no such robbery. The woman hid the gifts that had allegedly been stolen from her in a relative’s housedetectives went to the scene and confirmed what was said.

Based on the investigation, detectives found probable cause to arrest Hudson on the charge of false report of fraud to law enforcement.

“This woman took advantage of the system and Now he’s paying the price for his selfish choices.“said Sheriff Carmine Marceno.

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