Sheriff: Mother impersonates daughter in court, and is arrested on warrants

Thursday, February 28, 2019
PITTSBORO, North Carolina -- Authorities in North Carolina say a woman posed as her daughter at a county courthouse before she was jailed on existing warrants.

The Chatham County Sheriff's Office tells news outlets 44-year-old Uganda Spencer of Sanford appeared at the Chatham County Justice Center in Pittsboro on Feb. 22 posing as her daughter.
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Deputies discovered Uganda Spencer's true identity during processing, then found three outstanding warrants and a criminal summons under her name.

In addition to her arrest, Uganda Spencer was charged with felony identity theft, common law forgery, resisting a public officer and felony financial card theft. She is jailed on $10,000 bond and it's not known if she has an attorney.
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