Teacher Accused Of Lying About Terminal Cancer - Baltimore ...

POSTED: 5:31 pm EST December 30, 2011
UPDATED: 6:07 pm EST December 30, 2011

BEL AIR, Md. -- Harford County school employees have accused a teacher of falsely claiming she was dying of cancer, and say thousands of dollars were raised to help her.Harford County sheriff's deputies did not release the 24-year-old teacher's name Friday, but said charges are pending.On Dec. 12, a school employee who became very suspicious of the Bakerfield Elementary School teacher reported alleged fraud."We have a victim who alleges she had a coworker who was stating she had cancer, and this victim and several coworkers allegedly were giving the suspect money for necessities," Harford County sheriff's spokeswoman Monica Worrell said. "The detectives need to complete their investigation to determine what crime was committed."According to a Harford County Sheriff's Office report, coworkers raised approximately $10,000, and they began to pay the teacher's rent, buy groceries and supplied funds for various flights to several states for supposed cancer treatments.During the summer, the teacher advised that the cancer had been diagnosed as Stage IV, that it had spread to her lungs and that she only had a 15 percent chance of survival.The woman's coworkers at the Aberdeen school, who organized more fundraisers, said they no longer believe the teacher had cancer, and they have called for her to face charges."Because it's an early part of the investigative process, (there is) not a lot I can share," Worrell said. "We want to give detectives a chance to do their jobs."A Harford County Public Schools representative contacted by WBAL-TV 11 News said, "This a personnel matter" and that "the teacher is on authorized leave and the school district is conducting its own investigation."

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