Teacher Fakes Brain Cancer – Teacher Leslie Herneisey faked brain cancer for almost a decade to skip work and get freebies from co-workers.
Pennsylvania police say the special-ed teacher spent the last 9 years claiming she had an inoperable brain tumor in order to get time off, going so far as to request eight weeks off to undergo chemotherapy.
Sympathetic colleagues even submitted an application to the Make-A-Wish Foundation on behalf of Leslie Herneisey, 51.
It was never granted due to questions about her medical records.
Her determined co-workers then raised money in order to send her to Disney World.
But the school became suspicious when it realized Herneisey showed no symptoms.
It then noticed her medical records weren’t on official letterhead, and called her neurosurgeon, who confirmed he had never treated her.
Herneisey, a three-time nominee for Pennsylvania’s teacher of the year, was arrested last week and charged with 12 felony counts of forgery.
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