Dentures theft leads to arrest of Jennings County woman

A Jennings County woman is being accused of stealing and wearing another woman’s dentures.

Deputies received a report from a victim in Country Squire Lakes Monday who said that Joann Childers had taken her dentures. Deputies talked to a probation officer who confirmed that when Childers came in for an appointment, she was wearing dentures that were clearly not her own.

A deputy interviewed Childers on Wednesday and the false teeth were out in plain view in her home, and even had the victims’ name on them. The stolen teeth were recovered and Childers is facing preliminary charges of theft, according to police reports.