AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Dallas Observer Stories Play Key Role in Nabbing 'Religious Charlatan'

By AAN Staff

march 14, 2007 02:05 pm

Sandra Camille Powers was arrested in South Carolina last week with an assist from the Dallas alt-weekly, the Brunswick Beacon reports. Powers, a two-time Observer cover subject, faces five felony fraud charges for swindling an elderly woman. Powers' con unraveled when a suspicious local realtor did a Google search and discovered the articles written by the Observer's Glenna Whitley. The crucial information on Powers' past motivated the realtor to report her, and led to her eventual arrest.

View full article at The Brunswick Beacon