The woman known on social media as the Bag Lady of Castle Rock, as reported in The Gazette two weeks ago, has widened and intensified her scope of apparent fraudulent activity to the point that some authorities are warning the public about such actions.

The Lakewood Police Department on Thursday night issued a “Community Awareness Alert” about “reports of individuals taking advantage of good Samaritans offering assistance.”

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The alert describes how a person “may request a ride, money or hotel accommodations.”

Then, “once assistance is offered, they may make additional demands or threaten to damage property if those demands are not met.”

The warning also states, “Some individuals who have provided assistance have reportedly been left responsible for costly damages.”

Though the alert does not mention 72-year-old Kathy Brown by name, firsthand accounts detailed by hundreds of people on social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube, speak of being scammed by…