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"For nearly two years, a Bardstown woman held fundraisers for her son, who she claimed had cancer.She now faces charges after investigators found out her son never had the disease.The Bardstown community has seen its share of heartache in the past year or so, but is known for coming together in times of need.Thursday's announcement about the hoax, comes as a sickening shock.\"How do we know who to help?\" said community member Cathy Buley.Hers is a question on some people's minds.For months, community members in Bardstown thought they were chipping in to help someone in need.But police said the suspect, 39-year old Nancye Beth Avis, used her 12-year-old son to raise money for an illness he never had.\"I think it's heartbreaking that people take advantage of the community because we are a close community and we stick together during hard times,\u201D said community member Anna-Maria.Police said Avis told students and parents at St. Joseph School that her son had cancer.\"Personally, I think she ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but what about the people that do need help?\u201D Buley said.Bardstown police said Avis is charged with theft by deception under $10,000 and endangering the welfare of a child. Over the past few years, the community has seen several fundraisers.\"We had 'Hearts for Hayley,' we had one for (slain officer) Jason Ellis. We had different things in the community,\u201D Anna-Maria said.\"It makes us hesitant to help the people that do need help when we know that this kind of thing is going on,\u201D Buley said.Anna-Maria said before she donates, she will check first.\"Probably trying to get a second opinion from somebody else,\u201D she said.\u00A0 Avis is scheduled to appear in front of a judge next month in Nelson County."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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