bill. >> reporter: at one point joanna lee said she was the target of a witch point. today she changed her tune pleading guilty to receiving nearly 40,000 in benefits she didn't deserve including about $8000 from the one fund. a judge did not give her any jail time, a three year suspended sentence, community service and mental health evaluation. she will have to pay back all the money because prosecutors say lee falsely claimed she suffered a brain injury in the boston marathon bombing and billed herself as a hero claiming she ran toward the second blast. now she was blocks from the bombings but investigators say she did not receive medical treatment until two weeks after the attack. here is what her attorney had to say about his client outside the courtroom. >> a crazy crime, you know. it's like stupid. there were other defendants that already were sentenced and they weren't at the bombing. >> reporter: how is she going to pay the money back? her attorney says it will come from her mom's retirement money and savings. her attorney said she probably could have received

reporter: tom ralston's feelings about joanna lee can only be described as complex. a picture on april 15th, 2013 captures her by ralston's side after the second boston marathon bomb erupted. rupturing his eardrums and shooting him with shrapnel. >> the woman stayed with me the entire time until emts arrived. reporter: a stark contrast from the figure who appeared in suffolk county court. on friday the woman pleaded guilty taking nearly $40,000 in benefits including 8 grand from the one fund after falsely claiming she received a brain attack. sentence three years of probation and ordered her to pay back all the money. >> it's like a crazy cry. it's like stupid. reporter: leigh rushed out of court with nothing to say no apology for the more than $9,000 she received from a gofundme page or the roughly 1800 from a middle school fundraiser. >> i think an apology is important. i think she realizes what she did was wrong. she's just have to live with that. she owes me nothing. . reporter: leigh's attorney says she will pay that money immediately using her mother's retireme

joanna lee claims she suffered brain damage from the explosion outside the forum restaurant. but a photo proved that lee was actually about a half mile away when the bombs went off. lien is accused of using her story to get thousands of dollars from the one fund. >>> the search continues for the man accused of abducting two children from a parking lot at a providence rhode island wal-mart. irvin ran off with the up fant and 4-year-old after getting into an argument with the mother who was reportedly his roommate. he dropped the children off at a market. they were taken to the hospital and then returned to their moth and then returned to their mother. sanchez was last seen in a black car with two missing hubcaps. >>> police are busted a mother on drug charges while her child was in the car. parking lot of the wal-mart on brockton making for a total of five drug busts for a month and a half for that spot. part of a bigger problem because they made 40 drug arrests since july. fox25 spoke to the people who live in the area who say they are not too surprised by those numbers. >> i

years claiming she suffered a traumatic brain injury at the marathon bomb finish line in 20 2013 joanna lee had a change of heart here in suffolk superior pleading guilty to six counts that included defrauding the one fund by filing false claims for her injuries she never suffered at the bombing. next in a, prosecutors say, she left the area before the explosions and was a block and a half away on fairfield street. >>> the defendant was not within five to 15 feet of the second bomb blast that she has consistently clay. she was not blown back by it at all. she did not sustain traumatic brain injury . >>> prosecutors wanted lee sentenced to three years behind bars for receiving nearly $40 $40,000 in assistance but in the end the judge sentenced her it a year behind bars, suspended for three years which means she won't be sent to prison . >>> what do you want to say about the sentence? want to say anything to the victim . >> reporter: lee left the courtroom and declined to apologize to victim's families or surveysp her attorney told us she was the victim and she helped a man who was injured bu

joanna lee she suffered a traumatic brain injury. yesterday lee pleaded guilty to defrauding the one fund of she sad received thousands of dollars. >>> she did a stupid thing. she didn't need to. >> anchor: prosecutors were looking for prison sentence of up to three years but lee will not face any jail time. the judge odded her to repay all of the money she received, perform 300 hours of community service and serve three years of probation. >> anchor: more news still ahead this morning. first though we will have a check in with chris lambert, he has a peek at the weekend forecast . >> anchor: plus, the patriots taking on those giants this weekend. find out which pats are on the if you gave your primary care a check up, how would it do? let's look at lahey health doctors and nurses who know who you are and care how you feel... check right where you live... many locations and convenient hours check looks like we're off to a very healthy start. what's next in primary care for who matters most: you. lahey health. lahey hospital and medica

joanna lee claims that she suffered brain damage from the explosion outside of the forum restaurant on boylston. but photo proves that lee was actually about half a mile away when the bombs went off. lee's accused of using her story to get thousands of dollars from the one fund. >> anchor: a charlestown man held without bail as he is facing charges for road rage incident. gary mim mentle in 40 incident that happened tuesday on 93 north had somerville. he is accused pointing a fake gun at a woman and following the car. he is under investigation for punching a customer in the face while work i did at mcdonald's. because that have his bail on road rage case is revoked. seen throwing a man into the wall in this video is in jail this morning. sea brook officer mark richardson took a plea deal putting him behind bars for 21 days. he admitted to assaulting a teen while in custody in 2009. and richardson is now forbidden from being a police officer in new hampshire ever again. >> and today is the deadline to secure state approvals to bring up grand prix style street race to boston. this mornin

joanna lee pleaded guilty to taking the money but there never was an explanation. prosecutors say lee had left this area before the bomb went off adding that not only was she not injured but she didn't even seek medical help until two weeks later. today in court prosecutors explained how she received $40,000 in donations. our blair miller caught up with her today. gave that you money? -- >> after today's hearing lee's attorney blamed her actions on "stupidity while she was sentenced to one year in jail that was suspended to probation meaning no jail time. she also agreed to pay back the money. >>> right now a teenage boy with autism is fighting to survive. police say the 17-year-old was struck by a car and left in the road. he surfed a bad brain injury. fox 25's christine mccarthy spoke with the boy's heartbroken family. >> he's my baby. >> alberta woodcock is heartbroken one day after rushing outside her home to find her grandson being carried into an ambulance. >> another police officer came and said to me how old is your grandson i told him 17. >> reporter: conn

joanna lee admitted to taking $8,000 from the fund set up to help the bombing victims. she also accepted about $30,000 from other groups including a state compensation fund. lee's one-year sentence was suspended, but she will have to pay restitution. >> she's got problems. when you pay back your $38,000, you're making a pretty big apology. when you're pleading guilty you're making a pretty big apology, when you say i did some stupid and bad things. >> do you want to apologize to the victims? reporter: lee didn't say anything there, but had claimed that she was injured while running to help other victims. up next the newest self driving car is being test driven on unusual roads. can you tell what's missing in this video? josh: several brand of olive oil are under investigation for alleged mislabeling. mike: looks like a windy stretch will continue into saturday. the forecast ahead. >> then i ran out of diesel trying to keep warm. jean: a man lost in the woods for days says there's one thing that kept him alive. his story is coming up. it took alexis 4 years to earn her c

joanna lee claimed she had brain damage from the explosion. but a photo proves she was half mile away when the bombs went off. she is accused of using her story to get thousands of dollars from the one fund. >>> a charlestown man being held without bail as he is facing charges for a road rage incident. gary pimental was in court for an accident that happened in somerville. pimenta /accused of pointing a fake gun. also under investigation for punching a customer in the face while working at a mcdonald's. because of that, his bail in the road rage case was revoked. >>> the new hampshire police officer seen. marc richardson has took a plea deal put him behind bar for 21 days. he admitted he assaulted a 19-year-old while the teen was in custody in 2009. richardson is forked by of being a police officer in the again. >>> as boston based fantasy sports site draftkings prepares for legal showdown in new york, governor charlie baker says he does not consider it gambling. sites like draftkings and fan fanduel let users choose fantasy sports line-up and