A Mississippi woman who spent the last six years pretending to be a wedding guest and stealing thousands in cash and gifts has admitted to her crimes.
The serial wedding crasher
Sandra Lynn Henson, 57, who had been dubbed a ‘serial wedding crasher’ appeared in Lauderdale County court Thursday for stealing gifts and money from two Alabama weddings in 2019.
She had been charged with one count of third-degree Theft of Property and one count of fourth-degree Theft of Property for both weddings.
Henson agreed to a plea deal yesterday and confessed to her crimes. ‘I am so sorry,’ she said.
‘I know you don’t believe me, but I’m sorry.’
Her sentencing
She was sentenced to 31 months with the Alabama Department of Corrections to pay restitution and court fines.
But much to her attorney’s joy, who argued that Henson suffered from severe medical issues, she will not have to serve most of that time in prison.
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The judge ordered Henson to spend two weekends in jail for a total of 48 hours. ‘One for each wedding you crashed,’ he said.
Victim impact statement
One of the victims of Henson’s Alabama heists appeared in court to provide her victim impact statement.
Anna Perez Todd had been robbed of the money she and her husband had raised at their wedding to donate to foundations researching cures for FOXG1 Syndrome, a disorder that her daughter suffers from.
‘We had asked for donations to be made for the foundations that are researching a cure for FOXG1 Syndrome, because our daughter has a very rare genetic disorder,’ Todd said.
‘She is only one of about 1,000 people in the world with the disorder that we know of and we had wanted donations to be made in her honor, for our big day and that is what was stolen.’
