Food stamp fraud convict had plastic surgery and souped-up car

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | September 13, 2012 | Paula McMahon

[ConservativeStatement]

During the time that Brenda Charlestain committed nearly $24,000 worth of food stamp fraud, prosecutors said she spent money on plastic surgery, an expensive car stereo system and a bright pink custom paint job for her 2008 Dodge Charger.

Brenda Charlestain testified Thursday that the $9,187 worth of cosmetic enhancements, the $1,100 sound system and the other splurges were all gifts from men she met working as a dancer at adult entertainment clubs in West Palm Beach and Miami.

[ConservativeStatement]

Sam Drucker never did this.

[TSgt]

Charlestain apologized profusely to the judge and begged him to place her on house arrest. She said she overcame many obstacles — including the death of her father when she was 10 and her first pregnancy when she was 14 — and became a paralegal. She lost a job with a law firm earlier this week because of the criminal case against her, she testified, but got a new job within two days, working as a receptionist at a medical office.

[ruralvoter]

Here is another article about this fine lady. Welcome to Florida!!!

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-voodoo-versus-government-20120910,0,6182409.story

“Brenda Charlestain was so angry when her husband called her from the Broward County Jail that she made a threat against the federal employee who wrote the sentencing recommendations for her husband, prosecutors said.

Charlestain said they misunderstood the phone call and she was actually trying to figure out who put a Voodoo curse on her husband.”

[TigerClaws]

They pay $1000 a month for food stamps.

Who eats $1000 a month in food??? No wonder states like Mississippi are the fattest in the nation.

[angelsonmyside]

Oh my...she needs to ask for a refund ;-)

[TSgt]

She has 5 childrens...

[Red Badger]

She got ripped off!........

[who_would_fardels_bear]

So she bought soup for her car's engine and melons for herself?

Isn't that what Food Stamps are for?

[Nervous Tick]

rofl

[reagan_fanatic]

Who was the plastic surgeon - Stevie Wonder?

[Revolting cat!]

Well, at least the plastic surgeries have been successful.

[Iron Munro]

$9,187 worth of cosmetic enhancements

She should have scammed anther $3 or $4 grand and got that hood scoop on her faced reshaped to look like a nose.

[vpintheak]

Way up here in Alaska we get by with less than that for my family of 6. I Gaurrantee that groceries cost more up here!

[Michael.SF.]

gifts from men she met working as a dancer an adult entertainment clubs in West Palm Beach and Miami.

I shudder to think of the kind of place that must have been if Brenda is representative of the quality of dancers there.

[grumpygresh]

The other day, a patient on Medicaid told e that she was going to get a tummy tuck. Now, of course, Medicaid does not over this procedure.

[Grams A]

Now, of course, Medicaid does not cover this procedure.”

By the time the doctor’s office gets through with the paperwork and diagnosis, you will never know it’s for a tummy tuck.

[VanShuyten]

That MUST be the “before” picture.

[terycarl]

She has 5 childrens...

easily remedied with 5 "rubbers" or now that it is too late....5 rooms in an orphanage

[HiTech RedNeck]

oh that voodoo, that she do, on the taxpayer

[cpa4you]

To ever get money from men who frequent adult entertainment establishments, this woman must possess some skills not readily apparent! I'm thinking that the key could be suggested by the number of children.