Police say a Wood County woman faked cancer to get cash. Police say Kimberlie Gustwiller made up a story about having stage four cancer and then stole the fundraising money. Now the Mccomb woman is facing a felony theft charge.
Investigators say residents phoned in concerns about Gustwiller and her alleged stage four non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Turns out, police say Gustwiller's story is a scam.
"For someone to come up with something like that, that's the lowest of the low," says resident Trevor Dienst.
The news comes as a shock to the small towns of North Baltimore and Mccomb. Residents have rallied around Gustwiller for the past month. Two salons held fundraiser's, cutting mow hawks and dying pink streaks in customers hair supporting cancer awareness.
"There's a lot of people in this community that are just heartbroken," says North Baltimore Police Chief Allan Baer.
At this point it's unclear how much money is unaccounted for.
Gustwiller appeared in court Monday morning and pleaded for a judge to release her from jail. Gustwiller said she is a single mother of 5 and needed to get home to her children.
Police say they have recovered some of the money but it's still unclear why Gustwiller made up the story or where the money went.
Gustwiller is expected to be back in court in Bowling Green next Monday. If you have donated to her cancer fund you are asked to call North Baltimore police. @
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:04 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:04:48 GMT
A suspended TPS teacher charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to receiving child porn on his home computer. Bruce Omlor, 49, was suspended from Riverside
A suspended TPS teacher charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to receiving child porn on his home computer. Bruce Omlor, 49, was suspended from Riverside Elementary earlier this year.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:00 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:00:32 GMT
A Findlay City Council member is accused of stealing about $13 worth of vitamins from Walmart. Daniel K.C. Collette was arrested on a charge of petty theft. Walmart's loss prevention officer noticed
A Findlay City Council member is accused of stealing about $13 worth of vitamins from Walmart. Daniel K.C. Collette was arrested on a charge of petty theft.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:56 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:56:21 GMT
More jobs may be on the way at the old Jeep plant. One company has announced it will open business there and others are now interested in the site. At one time, 40,000 people worked at the site just
The 111-acre Overland Industrial park broke ground on a new road that will lead to construction of buildings to house new businesses.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:02 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:02:53 GMT
A Lucas County sheriff's deputy is out of a job Tuesday. She was fired after a number of internal charges were filed against her. Dionne Waters is charged with a number of counts, including discourteous
A Lucas County sheriff's deputy is out of a job Tuesday. She was fired after a number of internal charges were filed against her.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:47 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:47:52 GMT
Toledo firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on the city's East side. Firefighters were called to a home on Thurston Street between Woodville Road and Starr Avenue just after four this morning. There
Toledo firefighters battled two house fires on the east side of Toledo Tuesday. A home in the 400 block of Thurston Avenue was firebombed. Three adults and two children made it out safely. Firefighters also put out a house fire in the 700 block of Euclid Avenue near Starr Avenue.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:56 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:56:21 GMT
More jobs may be on the way at the old Jeep plant. One company has announced it will open business there and others are now interested in the site. At one time, 40,000 people worked at the site just
The 111-acre Overland Industrial park broke ground on a new road that will lead to construction of buildings to house new businesses.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:07 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:07:36 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1. The department
The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:10 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:10:50 GMT
A plan working its way through Columbus has local towns concerned. State lawmakers want to change how cities tax people and businesses. House Bill 5 would create a one-size-fits-all taxing system but
Perrysburg city council is considering a resolution opposing HB 5 which would give Ohio the right to create tax policy not individual towns.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:59 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:59:40 GMT
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The fire chief in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado says the search for survivors and the dead is almost complete. Fire Chief Gary Bird said Tuesday that he's "98
The fire chief in the Oklahoma City suburb raked by a massive tornado says the search for survivors and the dead is almost complete.
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:12 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:12:43 GMT
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph. Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the
The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:04 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:04:48 GMT
A suspended TPS teacher charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to receiving child porn on his home computer. Bruce Omlor, 49, was suspended from Riverside
A suspended TPS teacher charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to receiving child porn on his home computer. Bruce Omlor, 49, was suspended from Riverside Elementary earlier this year.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:00 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:00:32 GMT
A Findlay City Council member is accused of stealing about $13 worth of vitamins from Walmart. Daniel K.C. Collette was arrested on a charge of petty theft. Walmart's loss prevention officer noticed
A Findlay City Council member is accused of stealing about $13 worth of vitamins from Walmart. Daniel K.C. Collette was arrested on a charge of petty theft.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:56 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:56:21 GMT
More jobs may be on the way at the old Jeep plant. One company has announced it will open business there and others are now interested in the site. At one time, 40,000 people worked at the site just
The 111-acre Overland Industrial park broke ground on a new road that will lead to construction of buildings to house new businesses.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:07 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:07:36 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1. The department
The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 3:02 PM EDT2013-05-21 19:02:53 GMT
A Lucas County sheriff's deputy is out of a job Tuesday. She was fired after a number of internal charges were filed against her. Dionne Waters is charged with a number of counts, including discourteous
A Lucas County sheriff's deputy is out of a job Tuesday. She was fired after a number of internal charges were filed against her.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 2:47 PM EDT2013-05-21 18:47:52 GMT
Toledo firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on the city's East side. Firefighters were called to a home on Thurston Street between Woodville Road and Starr Avenue just after four this morning. There
Toledo firefighters battled two house fires on the east side of Toledo Tuesday. A home in the 400 block of Thurston Avenue was firebombed. Three adults and two children made it out safely. Firefighters also put out a house fire in the 700 block of Euclid Avenue near Starr Avenue.
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