Caregiver Arrested on 90 Counts of Elder Abuse
A 31-year-old caregiver caring for an 81-year-old man was arrested and is suspected of 90 criminal counts including forgery, grand theft, and elder abuse. The report on KTLA.com states that the woman allegedly wrote several checks to herself from the elderly man’s account totaling over $287,000.
The 31-year-old woman worked as the elderly man’s caregiver since 2007 and the forgery and theft began shortly after. The woman had an outstanding warrant for her arrest in connection with this incident, according to the KTLA report. There is no word on the other criminal counts that the 31-year-old faces.
In the state of California, criminal punishment for felonies can range from probation to a set amount of prison time depending on the felony charges. A minimum of 16 months in prison can be sentenced for some felony charges. Since the perpetrator in this incident faces over 90 counts of criminal felony charges, she could be facing a significant amount of prison time if she is found guilty of those charges. When a person offers their services to act as a registered caregiver for the elderly only to turn around and treat those elderly people badly and either leave them neglected or abuse them in some way, the caregiver should be punished for their crimes and should be brought to justice on behalf of those they abuse or neglect. Now that this woman has been arrested, the victim in this incident could see justice on his behalf for the suffering she may have caused him.
