Judge sentences woman to another year in prison for faking her death
By Associated Press
Woman who faked death gets additional year on prison sentence
A West Virginia woman who faked her death to avoid a prison sentence ended up receiving an additional year of prison time.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has received an additional year in prison.
Julie M. Wheeler of Beaver was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston for conspiring to obstruct justice.
Prosecutors said Wheeler admitted to conspiring with her husband to keep her out of prison. Rodney Wheeler told authorities on May 31 that she had fallen from an overlook at the New River Gorge, prompting a massive search.
Te’Sean Brooks and five other men were arrested days after a 911 call made July 14 from a home on Salthouse Branch Road in Henry, where police found Justin Chase
The Western Virginia Regional Jail received its first round of shots last week and was able to give initial doses to 250 people out of its current headcount of about
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Sentencing has been delayed for a former staffer at a veterans hospital in West Virginia who pleaded guilty to intentionally killing sev