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Thread started 05/11/06 8:34pm

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‘Paralyzed’ Woman Gets Up, Runs From Cops After Being Arrested For Fraud

LOS ANGELES - A wheelchair-bound Los Angeles woman, who has repeatedly filed lawsuits over access for the disabled, got up and ran after police arrested her for fraud, authorities said on Thursday.

Laura Lee Medley, 35, had sued in at least four California cities over injuries she claimed she sustained while trying to navigate her wheelchair before she was suspected of fraud.

Medley, who claimed to be paralyzed from a drunk driving accident, was tracked to Las Vegas, where police there took her into custody and then, when she complained of medical issues, to a local hospital, Long Beach prosecutor Belinda Mayes said.

“She gets to the hospital and while she’s waiting for an examination, she gets up from the chair and runs,” Mayes said. “Somebody remarked, ‘That’s where the great miracle occurred.’”

Medley sprinted through the hospital corridors but was quickly apprehended by police and booked pending extradition to San Bernardino in Southern California, where she is facing charges of filing false documents, attempted grand theft and insurance fraud.

Medley has sued the cities of Long Beach and South Pasadena and counties of San Bernardino and Riverside over various injuries she claimed she sustained in her wheelchair. She was also being sought on arrest warrants by the states of Oregon and Washington, Mayes said.

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Reply #1 posted 05/11/06 8:43pm

TMPletz

disbelief Someone should pull a Tonya Harding on her.
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Reply #2 posted 05/11/06 8:44pm

NorthernLad

what pure scum.
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Reply #3 posted 05/11/06 9:04pm

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Hell, if ya'll have seen LAPD work before, you would run too! punch johnwoo :insertbillyclubemoticonhere:


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