The previous good friend of a girl accused of falsifying paperwork to pose as a nurse in Simcoe County for 4 years claims the accused stole her id.
The previous good friend, who needs to stay nameless, stated the 2 had been pals for six years earlier than she found the alleged fraud.
“I was shocked,“ she said in an interview with Ontario Chronicle on Tuesday. “I’m still shocked.”
Provincial police stated Hailey Roberts, 33, of Tiny Township labored as a nurse, conducting full nursing duties regardless of being unregistered to take action, at a number of well being care amenities between September 2020 and April 2024.
They stated she falsified employment functions, certificates, resumés, reference checks, and police checks by modifying the identify to resemble energetic nurses with good standings to get nursing jobs.
“She was a really good actor,” her former good friend stated, including she had no thought what was occurring till a sequence of rushing ticket notices and letters from Service Ontario arrived within the mail.
“And that’s when I got dinged with a ‘your licence is suspended,” she stated.
Realizing these tickets weren’t hers, she stated she spoke with police and realized Roberts had stolen her id.
The previous good friend stated she started wanting on-line into Hailey Roberts historical past and stated she found the girl she although was her good friend had labored as a nurse at long-term care properties in Midland and Elmvale, together with Sara Vista Lengthy-Time period Care dwelling, however wasn’t licensed to work as a registered nurse.
“She said that she was a nurse … fast-tracked it too. It wasn’t me. I just thought she’s working at Sara Vista; obviously she has the credentials that she needs,” the previous good friend stated.
A former boyfriend, who additionally didn’t need to be recognized, claims Roberts pretended to be pregnant together with his baby.
“Even went as far as to find an ultrasound picture on Google and sent it to my ex-wife,” he alleged.
The person stated he dated Roberts years in the past, claiming she took out dwelling cellphone, TV, web, and cellphone companies beneath his identify with out his data.
“Probably, I would say [it] got close to 15 to $20,000 out of my own personal money,” he added.
Provincial police stated Roberts turned herself in on Sunday. She faces 19 charges, together with 5 counts of id fraud, six counts of utilizing, dealing, and appearing on a cast doc, and three counts of assault with a weapon, amongst others.
“She deserves to go to jail. The people who did get treated by her, whether it was good or bad, they still deserve justice, and that’s why I’m doing the interview, because I think the word needs to be spread,” Roberts’ former good friend stated.
Roberts is out on bail along with her subsequent courtroom look scheduled in every week.
The allegations in opposition to her haven’t been examined in courtroom.
