Police: Woman faked community service notes to beat fines
By Loretta Park, Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah | |
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Assistant Police Chief
She had promised in
Two weeks before she was cited in
Child said the woman was unable to pay the fines, so the judge allowed Burningham to do community service in exchange for the fines. For every hour of community service Burningham completed, she received
Child said Burningham brought a letter in February of this year from an elementary school signed by a teacher stating she had completed 12 hours of community service.
More letters on letterhead from the school signed by the teacher were brought to the courts. In
But then a clerk noticed the signatures.
"The signatures did not match the first note that was signed," Child said.
Police from both agencies were called in and Burningham was charged in
She was booked and released from the
According to the court website, Burningham entered guilty pleas to the original charges in
According to the court website, the case in
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