From http://www.worldmagblog.comA Tacoma woman who coached her children to fake mental retardation to collect disability benefits was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. Authorities busted Rosie Costello, 46, after her son, Pete Costello, now 28, was caught on surveillance video contesting a traffic ticket in a Vancouver, Wash., courtroom. Since he was 8, Rosie had told state and federal officials that he was so severely retarded he could not perform simple tasks. The scheming mom also said her daughter Marie was profoundly disabled, beginning when the girl was 4.
U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton called Costello a "habitual offender" who "asked her children to do despicable things." So Mama's going to jail for three years and paying back the nearly 300 grand in ill-gotten cash. Son Pete's going for 13 months. Investigators couldn't find the daughter.
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