Man sentenced for helping wife fake her death to dodge prison

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://nypost.com/2021/04/07/man-sentenced-for-helping-wife-fake-death-
to-dodge-prison/

A West Virginia man who admitted to helping his wife fake her own death so
she could dodge prison time has been sentenced to eight months of
confinement, federal authorities said.

Rodney Wheeler, 48, will spend two months in a federal lockup followed by
six months of home confinement after pleading guilty in January to
conspiracy to obstruct justice in the case that sparked a massive three-
day search for his wife, Julie Wheeler, the Department of Justice
announced Monday.

Prosecutors said the couple conspired to fake Julie Wheeler’s death in an
effort to avoid a potential 10-year prison sentence after she pleaded
guilty in February 2020 to scamming the Department of Veterans Affairs out
of more than $300,000.

Court documents show Rodney Wheeler called 911 on May 31 to claim that
Julie, 44, had fallen over the main overlook at the New River Gorge in
West Virginia, prompting a multi-agency search-and-rescue operation
involving hundreds of volunteers.

But Julie Wheeler was found “alive and well” two days later by West
Virginia State Police, hidden in a closet inside their Beaver home.

Investigators were told the woman fell into the gorge while searching for
an earring at the Grandview Overlook, some 1,400 feet above the New River,
the Register-Herald previously reported.

Authorities said Rodney Wheeler also posted on Facebook one day after the
purported plunge that his wife had “an accident at Grandview yesterday”
and was hoping that she would be found alive.

“I am heartbroken and lost right now but I have to have faith,” Rodney
Wheeler wrote. “Please give us time to [work] through this and please keep
us in your thoughts and prayers.”

Both Rodney and Julie Wheeler later admitted conspiring to fake her
disappearance to avoid the woman’s pending federal sentencing in June
2020. They had planned to go into permanent hiding, authorities said.

Julie Wheeler was sentenced in February to a total of 54 months in prison
for the health care fraud and her role in the ruse to fake her own death.
She was also ordered to pay $289,000 restitution for the overbilling
scheme related to spina bifida care, federal prosecutors said.


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