A Lavonia woman has confessed to lying about being a veteran and lying about her daughter having cancer. Gabrielle Beutler pleaded guilty to charges of forgery, false representation of a veteran, and child cruelty in Franklin County. Her false claims of military service came to light after she was named Commander of a VFW post in Lavonia.
From WSB TV…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Beutler, 31, in August after the Lavonia police department asked the GBI to investigate.
According to investigators, Beutler claimed to be a veteran who served in the Air Force in Afghanistan. She altered a discharge from active duty form to join the Lavonia Veterans of Foreign Wars office. The GBI said she also falsified documents to get Purple Heart license plates.
Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle told The Hartwell Sun newspaper that a VFW member brought information to police.
“The VFW is totally a victim in this,” Carlisle said. “They were taken advantage of and preyed upon.”
Beutler also confessed to lying about her 9-year-old daughter having cancer, according to WYFF-4 in Greenville. Prosecutors and police said she shaved her daughter’s head and set up fake fundraisers.
“The saddest thing about this is she had her own child convinced she was a cancer victim,” Carlisle told WYFF. “So far as to do check-ins on Facebook and social media at different cancer treatment facilities.”
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