Thursday, February 9, 2012
Delbarton Couple Arrested
{Delbarton, West Virginia}...Delbarton Police arrested Woodrow Prater, Jr. and his wife, Amy Blanton, after they claimed a neighbor's daughter on their income tax return. Delbarton Police Chief Stephen Hughes says the couple, who live at the Mingo County Housing Authority's HOPE House in Delbarton, admitted they got their neighbor's 11-month-old daughter's social security number and birth date, and claimed her as their own on their income taxes to get $4,500. Police say they were bragging about it to others in the building, who, in turn, told the victims, who then told police.Prater and Blanton are charged with felony obtaining money by false pretenses, but police say federal charges are likely.