PUNTA GORDA — A woman has been accused of scamming the Punta Gorda Housing Authority out of more than $30,000 in public assistance, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff’s report.

Beverly Theresalyn Henry, 37, of the 600 block of West Whidden Street, Arcadia, collected $30,779 in PGHA aid from December 2008 through August 2012, using a Punta Gorda address, the report shows.