Ferris Bueller’s dream: Woman charged with selling students fake doctor’s excuses for $20

Published 8:12 am Friday, November 1, 2019

Authorities in Louisiana say a woman who worked at a medical clinic has been arrested for selling fake doctor’s excuses to high school students so they can get out of class.

News outlets report 52-year-old Belinda Gail Fondren was charged with filing or maintaining false public records.

Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft says Fondren was selling medical excuses for $20 each. He says two students at Evans High School in Evans, Louisiana received excuses on 14 occasions.

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Deputies said a physician received a call from Vernon Parish School Board about the absence notes. He told deputies that he didn’t treat the students nor did he authorize the excuses.

Craft says Fondren worked in a clerical position at the clinic.

It’s unclear whether Fondren has an attorney.