There are no old women in Cranston, Rhode Island, apparently.
Sue Stenhouse, the city’s director of senior services, held a press conference recently to promote a snow shoveling program.
Photos and video from the event show Stenhouse speaking to reporters with a person sitting behind her with a badge reading, “Cranston Senior Home Resident,” according to the Boston Globe.

It turned out the elderly woman was actually David Roberts, a van driver for the senior center, wearing a wig, earrings, lipstick and a dress.
It’s unclear why Stenhouse had a man stand in for an elderly woman for the event. And it turns out he wasn’t the only fake thing at the press conference.
The pile of snow, which was actually ice shavings from a Zamboni, was courtesy of a local hockey rink.
Stenhouse resigned after the incident. Rob Coupe, the city’s director of administration, wouldn’t discuss that development, calling it a “personnel matter,” CBS 4 reports.
“He says to me, ‘Elaine, do you have a wig that I could borrow? I have to get dressed as a senior,’” salon owner Elaine Mancuso says. She later realized what Roberts was allegedly up to.
“I said, ‘Oh, my God. He wanted it for that.’ I probably would have given him a better wig if I had known.”
Stenhouse didn’t appreciate being confronted over the incident.
“I’ve been in a meeting all night being a great public servant for the city of Warwick,” Stenhouse tells NBC 10. “Now, I get this bullsh*t. And you guys did not reach out to me. And that was a big lie on the news.”
The news station disputes her claims.
Watch the ambush here:
Stenhouse was paid $54,491 per year as director prior to her resignation.
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