Area women charged with welfare fraud

Four area women were indicted by a Knox County grand jury April 10 for welfare fraud. Brittany Seavey, 41, of South Thomaston is charged with one count of theft by deception and one count of unsworn falsification. The defendant is accused of giving false information when applying for and receiving food stamps, saying the father of her child was not part of her household and not contributing income, which is ...