Woman accused of faking death of self, child to avoid foreclosure

WEST BRIDGEWATER (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston) - A local woman has been charged with faking the death of a child in the military and herself to avoid the foreclosure of her West Bridgewater home.

Donna Larson, a former West Bridgewater resident now living in Marshfield, was indicted by a Plymouth County grand jury on charges of attempted larceny and perjury.

The indictment was handed up Friday in Brockton Superior Court. The 52-year-old Larson is accused of "knowingly falsifying information in an affidavit."

Larson stopped making payments on her mortgage in November, 2006. In June and August 2007, she falsely reported to her mortgage company that a son in the military had died and that she was awaiting payment of a life insurance policy that she intended to use to pay off her loan. Based on this false information, the mortgage company granted multiple extensions to Larson to pay her mortgage before ultimately foreclosing on the loan in September 2007.

After the home was foreclosed on, Larson did not leave the home and eviction proceedings began.

According to a press release from the attorney general, under the assumed identity of a fictional clerk of an attorney, Larson sent the court two faxes requesting the postponement of an eviction hearing.

In the faxes Larson falsely claimed that a relative of the attorney had died, and the attorney would be unavailable for the scheduled court dates. The court granted Larson two extensions based upon the false representations in the faxes.

Then, in May of 2008, a person claiming to be a relative of Larson's called the mortgage lender's attorney and falsely reported that Larson herself had died, again requesting additional time to vacate the residence. Believing that Larson had in fact died, the lender again granted the defendant's family additional extensions on the eviction.

"The mortgage lender's lawyer learned that Larson was not dead when, on May 28, 2008, Larson sought to delay the eviction by requesting the issuance of a temporary restraining order from the Plymouth Superior Court," the attorney general's statement said.
Larson is scheduled to be arraigned in Plymouth Superior Court on July 12.

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