CHARLESTON – Charleston Police issued an arrest warrant for Brandy Michelle Reeves, 41, formerly of Beverly Road for obtaining goods by false pretenses.
Reeves is accused of bilking a West Ashley woman, with whom she was staying, out of more than $53,000 for cancer treatments she never received.
According to a police affadavit, Reeves allegedly took 35 checks from the victim from Sept. 9, 2010 through June 17, 2011. The checks, which were written to cover medical treatments for cancer, totalling $53,700 were instead used for personal use, police said. The victim in the case provided police with copies of the cashed checks and information from a private investigator.
Reeves allegedly moved in with her victim last September and told her she needed help paying for her cancer treatments because she did not have insurance. After several months of paying for the supposed $1,100 treatments, the victim became suspicious and hired a private investigator, according to the police report.
Reeves allegedly instructed her victim to write the checks to her so she could deposit them and then write a separate check for the treatments, the report stated.
The investigator established that Reeves had never been seen at the Hollings Cancer Center where she claimed to be receiving the treatments, the report said.
Police are searching for Reeves and have asked the public to help. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call 577-7434.
