Fayetteville Teen Who Received Kidney Transplant Arrested For Theft
Posted December 27, 2002 10:53 a.m. EST
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A Fayetteville teenager who made national headlines two years ago when he received a transplanted kidney from his science teacher is now in jail.
Michael Carter, 17, is charged with attempting to steal a forklift.
His mother says she is so upset with him that she has no intention of posting his $50,000 bail.
Police say an employee of Fayetteville Block Materials saw Carter and another teenager on the $40,000 forklift on Sunday and turned them in to police.
In April 2000, Jane Smith, then a teacher at R. Max Abbott Middle School, donated a kidney to Carter, who was born with renal disease.
Carter and Smith were featured in national publications and Smith received the National Kidney Foundation's Gift of Life medal in 2000.
