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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 31 (UPI) -- Police in Jacksonville, Fla., say a 27-year-old woman pretended to be pregnant with quadruplets to receive gifts, donations and discounts.
Authorities said Clarissa Robbie Linnabary received special treatment from U.S. Navy and Marine Corps families, local businesses and friends after she claimed to be carrying four unborn children, WJXT-TV, Jacksonville, reported Tuesday.
The Camden County Sheriff's Office and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service discovered the woman was never actually pregnant after two witnesses came forward and said they believed Linnabary was lying.
Linnabary was arrested July 24 and charged with felony theft by deception.
She was released July 26 on a $3,550 bond.
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