среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

No jail for couple who got money with phony tale of sick sextuplets

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri couple pleaded guilty Wednesday tostealing from their community by faking the birth of sextuplets inorder to tap their neighbors' generosity.

Sarah and Kris Everson were sentenced to four years on probationafter their pleas to charges of felony stealing by deceit. They alsomust repay about $3,700 to their victims and perform 40 hours ofcommunity service.

The Eversons, of the Kansas City suburb of Grain Valley, couldhave faced seven years in prison. They refused to comment extensivelyafter the hearing.

"We already made our apologies," Sarah Everson said.

But later Wednesday, she said: "Now that I have these …

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