Con woman fools an entire town...

Kim Horn should win an Oscar this year. Who is Kim Horn you might ask? Kim Horn came to the town of Mason, Louisiana telling everyone, including local charities, that she'd lost everything to Hurricane Katrina- her house, her possessions.

There was one problem. Kim Horn hadn't actually lived anywhere near coastal New Orleans. In fact, her real house in Leesville, La., wasn't damaged at all.

The community, found her a home, furnished it, filled its cupboards with food, its closets with clothes. The house was filled with televisions, DVD players, lamps, desks, curtains, beds, linens, toiletries, dining room sets, food, even magnets for refrigerators, because, as one resident said, "these are the things you accumulate over a lifetime."

When the town newspaper decided to run a story about Kim Horn's tale, some of the dates she'd given for the story didn't match what she'd told volunteers who had helped her. Suspicious, they called City Hall.

When Horn's secret was discovered, police arrived Monday at her new house to arrest her. She was taken to the Ingham County Jail and charged with felony larceny under false pretenses. If convicted, she faces up to 5 years in prison.

I think this is sad, pathetic, and unproportionally measurably wrong on so many levels.