DA says addict lied about having cancer
A Medford woman trying to "feed her heroin habit" solicited more than $10,000 from sympathizers by lying and telling them she had bone, brain and other cancers, the Suffolk District Attorney says. Videojournalist: James Carbone (April 10, 2013)
A Medford woman trying to "feed her heroin habit" solicited more than $10,000 from sympathizers by lying and telling them she had bone, brain and other cancers, the Suffolk District Attorney says. Videojournalist: James Carbone (April 10, 2013)
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