Police: Florida woman scams Nebraska couple in adoption fraud

Authorities in Florida say a woman failed to follow through with an adoption agreement leaving a Nebraska couple heartbroken and the woman back in jail.

News outlets report 29-year-old Ceara Stowe was charged Wednesday with adoption deception.

A Pinellas County police report says Stowe was serving jail time in December when she signed an adoption agreement, giving up her twins to a Kearney couple. The report says Stowe asked the couple for money, including $2,100 in May for rent.

Deputies say when Stowe told the couple it was time on June 3, she never showed up. The couple then discovered she had actually given birth May 26.

The report says Stowe admitted Wednesday to taking the couple's money after already giving birth. Stowe's mother has the twins and Stowe's four other children.