Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants

Woman claims implants were to save her marriage

Updated 11:15 AM CDT, Fri, Nov 13, 2009

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Authorities say a central Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged.

According to court records, McLennan County sheriff's investigator James Pack says 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern shaved her head to look like a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. She was arrested Nov. 4.

The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that Pack said Lathern wanted breast implants to try to save her seven-month marriage.

The newspaper reports Lathern is charged with theft by deception and misdemeanor theft by check stemming from another arrest two days later.

Sheriff's officials and Lathern's attorney didn't immediately return phone calls from The Associated Press.

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First Published: Nov 13, 2009 11:02 AM CDT

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These people are much like that of the thief who steals a car and has a squad of policemen tailing him. Where is he going to go? Just stupid, man."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":10277930,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 18:27:19 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"holley2","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1241289","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"This is one of the reasons that I have reduced my donations. You never know how worthy the occasion may be. I am sick of people taking advantage of other people to enrich their ego. 98% of the online requests are misleading, and most of the money goes to some phone bank rather than to the cause listed."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":9725193,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 20:13:41 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"harley","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242049","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"people from texas are weird, money is given for this however 25% of all texans have no healthcare. racist money grubbing southeners, with a past of hanging folks. I am staying on the west coast verysad indeed"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":12179443,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 20:42:38 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Kate_e_did","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242193","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Harley....PLEASE do NOT lump all Texans in together. There are alot of NORMAL people here and I am one of them... On this lame woman trying to save her marriage with breast implants...he doesn't love you if you have to make your breasts bigger for him...HELLO."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":9361274,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 20:58:06 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"fb_1071369967","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242267","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Harley, even though I would like to live on the West Coast b/c of the weather, California is not immune to this. Take for instance the "homeless" scammers who ask for handouts, then go home at the end of the day as if it were a job. I personally witnessed in SF a loving couple kiss each other goodbye while they went to "work"...the lady acted like a looney, wildhaired, eccentrically dressed beggar. He, a stumbling drunk. There are many examples, of course, but this particular couple made a real impression on me."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":9679263,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 20:58:41 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"richard","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242269","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Harley, here's a great idea...please, not only stay on the west coast, but stay away from our local news websites. You don't want Texas and we don't want you."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":10871768,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 21:35:29 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Whitey9","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242468","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"A 7mo marriage huh? OFF WITH HER ___S!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":9325263,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 21:41:30 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"kh2008","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242501","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Harley: I think it's wonderful that you are staying on the west coast. That is the perfect place for you."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69977327","adminTags":null,"views":627,"createdBy":9156305,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg?t=1248875781749","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Fakes Breast Cancer for Charity Implants","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2739151,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"13 Nov 2009 23:11:50 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"hs79","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1242990","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Really Harley? Texans are wierd because out of the goodness of their own hearts they try to help others in need? In Texas, we usually refer to that as kind and generous, not wierd. "}],"error":"","totPages":2}

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