ABC7 News:
A pregnant woman and her young son seen begging for money in a San Diego shopping center parking lot were caught driving off in a Mercedes-Benz.
Melissa Smith told sister station KGTV she saw the panhandler and her son at Eastlake Village Center every weekend for two months. The woman's boyfriend would join them on the weekend, she said.
"I felt bad. There's a pregnant lady with a little boy who is down on her luck," Smith said.
The woman would hold a cardboard sign that said "please help," and plenty of people did.
"Lots of people gave them money. Probably five people in five minutes gave them money," Smith said.
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That license plate number led to an Encinitas apartment complex called Encinitas Heights Apartments. Residents said rent is $2,500 a month.
The resident of the Encinitas home responded to KGTV's requests for comment, but said she had just moved in. The couple living there before had recently picked up and left.
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