An Ohio woman who called 9-1-1 nearly 400 times, sometimes several times a day, has had her day in court.
Kesha Kennedy pleaded guilty to disrupting public services, false alarms, both felonies, and another 25 misdemeanor counts of misuse of 911 systems.
The South Zanesville Fire Department was unable to respond to a call involving a person who couldn’t breathe — and who later died — because they were occupied transporting the 34-year-old fabulist, the prosecutor said.
Each transport and visit was footed by taxpayer dollars through Medicaid, The New York Post reported.
A forensic psychologist who evaluated Kennedy said she demonstrated “a factitious disorder, which means that she’s a liar,” Muskingum County Assistant Prosecutor John Litle told the court.
Kennedy’s bizarre behavior has been on display in at least four other counties in Ohio, including in Licking County where she pleaded guilty to misusing the 911 system in 2023, prosecutors said.
