Updated: 3:40 PM CST February 5, 2021
CHARLESTON, W.Va. A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has received an additional year in prison.
Julie M. Wheeler of Beaver was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston for conspiring to obstruct justice.
Prosecutors said Wheeler admitted to conspiring with her husband to keep her out of prison. Rodney Wheeler told authorities on May 31 that she had fallen from an overlook at the New River Gorge, prompting a massive search.
State Police found Julie Wheeler two days later hiding in a closet at her home. She was sentenced in June to 42 months in prison for health care fraud related to overbilling.
Judge sentences woman to another year in prison for faking her death
By Associated Press
Woman who faked death gets additional year on prison sentence
A West Virginia woman who faked her death to avoid a prison sentence ended up receiving an additional year of prison time.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has received an additional year in prison.
Julie M. Wheeler of Beaver was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston for conspiring to obstruct justice.
Prosecutors said Wheeler admitted to conspiring with her husband to keep her out of prison. Rodney Wheeler told authorities on May 31 that she had fallen from an overlook at the New River Gorge, prompting a massive search.
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February 04, 2021 - 4:17 AM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has received an additional year in prison.
Julie M. Wheeler of Beaver was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Charleston for conspiring to obstruct justice.
Prosecutors said Wheeler admitted to conspiring with her husband to keep her out of prison. Rodney Wheeler told authorities on May 31 that she had fallen from an overlook at the New River Gorge, prompting a massive search.
State Police found Julie Wheeler two days later hiding in a closet at her home. She was sentenced in June to 42 months in prison for health care fraud related to overbilling.
Julie Wheeler was given another year in jail for conspiring to obstruct justice
Prosecutors said she admitted to conspiring with her husband, Rodney Wheeler, to keep her out of prison for healthcare fraud
In May Rodney told cops his wife fell off Grandview Overlook in New River Gorge
Authorities said the 911 call prompted a massive search and rescue operation with hundreds of volunteers, law enforcement, and search and rescue personnel
After a two-day search, Julie Wheeler was found cowering in her closet at home
She and her husband were arrested; Rodney will face sentencing in April
Julie Wheeler pleaded guilty to the healthcare fraud charge on February 11