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Police: KC Couple Posing As Evacuees Charged
POSTED: 7:38 am CDT September 8, 2005
UPDATED: 7:45 am CDT September 8, 2005
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. -- On the very street where a church has welcomed two dozen evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, police say a pair of panhandlers tried to profit from the tragedy.
Members of Village Presbyterian Church took in 13 people who arrived by charter bus from Houston on Tuesday. A second bus delivered 12 more evacuees Wednesday.
In the same neighborhood, a man and woman posing as homeless Louisianans knocked on doors and stopped motorists to ask for donations. Homeowner Marvin Wilson said that the couple had a bag of groceries when they requested -- and got -- a donation from him.
Contacted by a suspicious driver, police identified the two as Kansas City residents wanted on outstanding drug warrants. They now face a Prairie Village charge of illegal solicitation as well.
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