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Woman sentenced in charity scam

No prison time for addict who duped churches

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons
Globe Correspondent / August 8, 2006

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SALEM -- Kimberly Dow was a portrait of need as she sobbed and begged for cash to feed her two young children. But she now admits to using the money for crack cocaine and swindling dozens of North Shore churches and charities out of hundreds of dollars by lying about being a mother. (Full article: 522 words)

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