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Three family members from Whitney are now facing charges for a truck vandalism hoax. Cindy Lattin and her 18-year-old son, Jason, were arrested Monday and charged with false report of a police officer
Scott Lattin told Whitney police on Sept. 8 that anti-police vandals tagged his truck with "Black Lives Matter" and other graffiti because he displayed pro-police messages and symbols on his pickup.
However, police said on Friday that they believe Scott vandalized the truck in a scheme to get insurance money. Police now believe Cindy and Jason were in on that scheme.
FOX 4’s story on the truck went viral, drawing in almost $6,000 in donations for the family.
Whitney police say they saw FOX 4’s story and noticed more damage to the truck than when the family first reported the vandalism.
After the family’s stories changed several times and investigators found evidence of a black spray paint can at the home, police say that Scott admitted to doing the damage to the truck.
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so disgusting of them to take advantage of the black lives matter movement for their own benefit