Mom used identity of Nashville daughter — who had been missing for 9 years — for food stamps: cops

Nypost · May 29, 2026 · 352 words · By Patrick Reilly

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Mom used identity of Nashville daughter — who had been missing for 9 years — for food stamps: cops See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Mom used identity of Nashville daughter — who had been missing for 9 years — for food stamps: cops See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA mother was arrested after she allegedly continued collecting her daughter’s food stamps — for nine years after she went missing, police said.

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Shannon Anderson, a homeless registered sex offender, was charged with felony food stamp fraud Wednesday for claiming benefits for her daughter, Jodie “Brooke” Anderson, who vanished from a Nashville restaurant when she was 18 years old, WSMV reported.

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Claim 1: “Jodie “Brooke” Anderson... vanished from a Nashville restaurant when she was 18 years old”

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Multiple sources confirm Jodie Brooke Anderson went missing from Nashville at age 18, with dates cited around June 2017.

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Claim 2: “Shannon remains in custody on a $22,000 bond on all seven charges related to food stamp fraud, violating her sex offender registration and failure to appear.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific bond amount or the total number of charges.

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Claim 3: “Her daughter wasn’t reported missing until August 2018, while her mother was incarcerated”

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Evidence from WSMV and other web results confirms that there was a delay in reporting the disappearance until August, and that Shannon was incarcerated at the time of the report.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gillian Leigh Anderson ( JIL-ee-ən; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the Fox science fiction mystery series…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Anderson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jolene Anderson is an Australian actress and singer. From 2006 to 2008, she played the character of Erica Templeton on the drama series All Saints. She is also the winner of the second series of celeb…
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Claim 4: “Brooke was reported missing in June 2018 after she and her mother... went to a Jack in the Box.”

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There is a contradiction in the evidence regarding the date. One source mentions she was reported missing in August 2017 (after being last seen in June), while the claim states June 2018. Another source mentions she has been missing since 2017. The specific 'Jack in the Box' detail is not explicitly corroborated in the provided snippets, though the general disappearance is.

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Claim 5: “A mother was arrested after she allegedly continued collecting her daughter’s food stamps — for nine years after she went missing, police said.”

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Multiple independent web sources (WSMV and others) confirm that Shannon Anderson was arrested for collecting food stamps in the name of her daughter who has been missing for nine years.

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web search NEUTRAL — (WSMV) - A Nashville woman remains behind bars after Metro Nashville Police said she continued collecting food stamp benefits in the name of her daughter, who has been missing for nine years. Shannon …
https://www.wvlt.tv/2026/05/28/mother-missing-nashville-woma…

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web search NEUTRAL — NASHVILLE (WSMV/Gray News) - A mother in Nashville is accused of collecting food stamp benefits in the name of her daughter, who has been missing for nine years. Shannon Anderson, 51, was arrested Wed…
https://www.wbbjtv.com/2026/06/01/mother-accused-collecting-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Shannon Anderson, a 51-year-old woman from Nashville, was arrested after police accused her of collecting food stamp benefits in the name of her daughter, who has been missing for 9 years.
https://blacknews.com/news/shannon-anderson-white-mom-accuse…

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Claim 6: “Shannon, 51, who was the last person to see her alive, went to use the bathroom and found her gone when she returned.”

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Web search results confirm Shannon Anderson's age (51) and her account that she stepped away to use the restroom and returned to find her daughter gone.

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Claim 7: “including a charge for promoting prostitution in 2017 that landed her on the Tennessee sex offender registry”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding the 2017 prostitution charge or sex offender registry.

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Claim 8: “Shannon Anderson, a homeless registered sex offender, was charged with felony food stamp fraud Wednesday for claiming benefits for her daughter, Jodie “Brooke” Anderson”

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Multiple news reports confirm Shannon Anderson was charged with felony food stamp fraud for claiming benefits for her daughter, Jodie 'Brooke' Anderson.

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Claim 9: “Shannon previously worked for the Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk’s Office and as a school bus driver”

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Only one specific web search result (citing De'Anna Anderson) mentions Shannon's previous employment at the Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk’s Office and as a school bus driver.

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web search NEUTRAL — De’Anna said Shannon previously worked for the Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk’s Office and as a school bus driver before spiraling into addiction.
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/06/01/mother-accused-collecting-fo…

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web search NEUTRAL — For news, announcements and other court related information, please sign up for our mailing list. Howard Gentry, Criminal Court Clerk of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County. 408 2nd Avenue North …
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Claim 10: “She is listed as homeless and has a long criminal history dating back to 2013”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for unrelated people named Shannon (a singer and Claude Shannon) and a medical center. No evidence regarding the specific Shannon Anderson's housing status or criminal history from 2013 was found in the results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shannon's work became the foundation of digital circuit design, as it became widely known in the electrical engineering community during and after World War II. The theoretical rigor of Shannon's work…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Shannon

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web search NEUTRAL — Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958), [1][2][3] known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of freestyle and dance-pop music. She is best known for her single "Let the Mu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_(American_singer)

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web search NEUTRAL — At Shannon, we take pride in pairing innovative technologies with a truly personalized approach to care. Our skilled technicians utilize state-of-the-art imaging and diagnostic equipment to accurately…
https://www.shannonhealth.com/

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