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Woman Charged In Alleged Cancer Hoax

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published September 12, 2013 at 6:53 AM EDT

Bond is set at 50 thousand dollars for a Utica woman charged with falsely claiming her son has cancer in order to pick up money from donations. Licking County prosecutors say 31-year-old Emily Creno conned the community into believing the 4-year-old had cancer and collected money for treatment between November and last May. Utica police arrested her after a doctor determined the boy is healthy.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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