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In Cason City, Nevada, a legislative committee unanimously supported a bill that would add fines to differing forms of elder abuse. Legislative Bill 5855 allows the attorney general to place fines against crimes of fraud against a person over 60 as well as crimes of abuse, neglect and isolation. The amount in fines ranges from $5,000 for first-offenders and $30,000 thereafter. The bill will reportedly also help with compensation for victims of elder abuse or neglect. The bill will now go to the Senate floor.

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A San Diego residential care facility operator has been charged with financial elder abuse and forgery among other charges stemming from a series of alleged acts of embezzlement from two elderly residents. 54- year-old Maria Corazon Park has been accused of embezzling a total of $665,000 from a 91-year-old man and an 89-year-old man.

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A Santa Cruz real estate broker has been on the run from authorities after she was accused of stealing over $500,000 from her clients in 2007. 56-year-old Louisa Katrina Dubinsky faces 39 counts of embezzlement of funds as well as financial elder abuse and writing bad checks from at least one person’s account. Dubinsky is being accused of writing at least four bad checks to two separate people.

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Lowell Noble, an 82-year-old man that suffered a severe beating at the hands of a 49-year-old assailant in May of 1999 died on January 7th as a result of a traumatic brain injury. Noble suffered from heart problems and diabetes and required a walker to get around places. However, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner discovered that Noble’s health problems and advanced age did not contribute to his death but instead traumatic brain injury resulting from aspiration pneumonia, inflammation in the lungs and airways.

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In Riverside, CA, a couple is accused of starving and whipping a mentally disabled elderly woman who suffered from a stroke. 41-year-old Timothy James Welch and 38-year-old Rebecca Marie Perez-Welch were reportedly paid to care for 70-year-old Joann Phillips and are being charged with second degree murder and elder abuse.

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A 62-year-old insurance agent has been charged with 14 counts of theft as well as insurance fraud after stealing over $45,000 from elderly insurance customers in several areas in Pennsylvania. The insurance fraud activity occurred between 2006 and 2009 and Brian Reid Johnson was charged in August of 2009. The incident occurred when Johnson allegedly took the insurance premiums that the 14 customers paid to him for life insurance and long-term care insurance.

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In San Diego, a 93-year-old man was believed to be the victim of elder abuse and neglect as he was found in his home disoriented, dehydrated and living in unsanitary conditions early in the week. Arnold V. Bauer, a Pearl Harbor survivor suffering from dementia and prostate cancer was taken to a Veterans Affairs hospital after he was discovered in his home.

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In Hilton Head Island, South Carolina a caregiver at an assisted living center was charged with elder abuse that she committed against several of the women staying there. The Hilton Head assisted living center reported that the 41-year-old Sonia King of Estill will be charged with three counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult. 

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A 21-year-old man was arrested after allegedly robbing an 85-year-old man on a bus and attempting to hijack a parking enforcement vehicle. Tyler Dean Davies reportedly robbed 85-year-old Robert Grim on the city bus and fleeing the scene of the incident. The 21-year-old then jumped into a parking enforcement vehicle in an attempt to get the parking official to help him flee.

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Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has proposed to enact legislation that would allow the Medicare and Medicaid and Elderly Abuse Unit to subpoena all records from nursing homes that are under investigation. This would allow investigators to determine if there is a pattern of abuse in the facility either from various staff members in the facility or from specific staff members. Cuccinelli stated the proposal for this legislation is being backed by the House Delegate Chris Peace and State Senator Ralph Smith.

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A 73-year-old woman was reportedly abused by staff members at the Fair Oaks Residential Elderly Care facility. This incident was caught on a video camera that the woman’s grandson installed in her room. According to the report, these cameras are known as “granny cams” and they are used for the protection of seniors.

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