McDonald Woman Charged With Defrauding Mother

State Police in Summerhill  Township, Cambria County have charged  a McDonald woman with theft by deception and financial exploitation after they say she led her mother to believe she was being held against her will and needed the money to be released.  Troopers say 42 year old Erica Bardell later admitted that she was not in danger and was “just trying to get money”.  According to the criminal complaint, Bardell received $1,400 through electronic transfers from her 70 year old mother who lives in Portage, Pa.