Blowhard
When Kim Horn, 42, showed up in Mason, Mich., saying she was a refugee from Hurricane Katrina and had lost all of her belongings, area residents responded in force. They provided a free house, completely furnished with donated items, including a TV and DVD player and even a bicycle for her 6-year-old daughter. But when an article about the donations ran in the local newspaper, people who knew Horn had arrived in town well before the hurricane hit blew the whistle. Horn was arrested and charged with felony larceny under false pretenses and faces up to five years in prison. (Lansing State Journal) ...Either way, she gets housing at someone else’s expense.
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