BREAKING NEWS: Funeral plot suspects plead not guilty

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A Hawthorne woman an alleged accomplice pleaded not guilty today to federal charges of staging funerals for fictitious people in a scheme to defraud insurance companies.

Faye Shilling, 60, and Jean Crump, 67, of Los Angeles, were arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of mail and wire fraud.

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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.

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