Psych Eval Ordered For NJ Woman Who Faked Kid's Cancer: Reports

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Psych Eval Ordered For NJ Woman Who Faked Kid's Cancer: Reports Alicia Campbell must undergo an evaluation after allegedly faking her child's cancer to delay trial in a separate case, officials said.

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A woman accused of faking her child's leukemia in order to delay a theft trial against her has been freed from jail but must undergo a mental health evaluation, according to reports.

Alicia Campbell, 37, has 30 days from Monday to undergo the court-ordered mental health evaluation, according to NJ Advance Media .

Campbell, a Mays Landing resident, is not a flight risk and serves as primary caregiver to her two children, ages 5 and 11, her defense attorney said in court, according to the Asbury Park Press .

Prosecutors allege she faked her child being treated for cancer as a way to delay a criminal trial. Campbell previously served as lifestyle director at Greenbriar Oceanaire Community & Golf Course, a gated senior community in Waretown.

It was in this capacity that Campbell used more than $81,000 of the association's funds to buy items for her own personal benefit, officials said.

She also used Venmo to send money to third parties from the association's accounts, only to have that money immediately sent back to her and deposited into her personal bank account, exceeding $94,000, officials said.

After she was arraigned on theft and forgery charges for this case, Campbell claimed her child was undergoing treatment for leukemia in Philadelphia this past spring, authorities said. In the summer, she said treatment wasn't working and that she needed to go to the Texas Children's Hospital for immediate and urgent care, authorities said.

Campbell supplied documentation purportedly from the child's doctor and "repeatedly" got the case adjourned, officials said.

This past August, Campbell again claimed that her child was being treated in Texas and supplieddocumentation on letterhead from the Leukemia Program at the Texas Children's Hospital outlining the child's condition and treatment regimen.

However, the prosecutor's office noticed that the hospital's address was wrong, and there was no contact information for the doctor who allegedly wrote the letter.

Detectives investigated and learned that not only was the letter forged, the hospital had never even met Campbell, nor did it provide treatment for her child, authorities said.