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Florida’s chief justice hunts for goof-off judges
Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga -Florida Supreme CourtFlorida’s chief justice has ordered the state’s 20 chief judges to monitor the work of each judge in their circuit looking for...
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Personal injury lawyer is indicted, accused of stealing $600K in client...
A 62-year-old New York City personal injury lawyer has been indicted on charges that he stole more than $600,000 from client settlements in less than six years, the Manhattan district attorney...
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Governor to discuss financial exploitation law
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Maggie Hassan is going to be discussing a measure she signed into law that strengthens the penalties for financially exploiting the elderly and other vulnerable New Hampshire...
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Congratulations to 2015 duPont Award Winner WFTS Tampa for: Incapicated:...
WFTS-TV, TampaIncapacitated: Florida's Guardianship ProgramAn investigative team uncovers rampant abuse and fraud by court appointed guardiansWFTS-TV’s ABC Action News I-Team zealously followed up on a...
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Newton woman charged with elderly exploitation
Houston County Sheriff’s investigators recently arrested a woman, charging her with financial exploitation of the elderly.Court records show sheriff’s investigators arrested Terri Reeves Doughtie, 51,...
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Business owner charged with financial exploitation
GRAND RAPIDS — A Nashwauk man is being accused of swindling more than $1 million from his late uncle who suffered from dementia.Patrick V. Pecchia, 55, made his first appearance Monday in Itasca County...
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Avoid the guessing game in search for nursing home
Ron Clark of Davidsville visits with his mother, May Clark, 88The responsibility of finding the right long-term care facility for his mother, whose memory is clouded by dementia, gnawed at Ron...
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Officials: Stealing money from elderly a common abuse
YAKIMA, Wash. — A 90-year-old Sunnyside woman who had almost $20,000 stolen from her checking account is a victim of one of the more common forms of elder abuse, according to one expert.“Financial...
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Health News Flordia: Elders Trapped by Guardianship
Florida's elder guardianship program is meant to help vulnerable elders.But Sarasota Herald-Tribune reporter Barbara Peters Smith recently published a series that shows the rapidly expanding system run...
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Protect older loved ones from theft
STAUNTON – Sometimes the greatest gift you can give an older loved one doesn't come with a bow on top. It's your alert, caring eye for signs of possible abuse.Adult children who worry their parents may...
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Pasadena, TX Presbyterians Want State Agency to Return Church Assets, Allow...
Members of Faith Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, TX are protesting the Texas Dept. of Aging and Disability Services' (DADS) lack of oversight of what they claim are their church assets, along with the...
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Readers respond to 'Kindness of Strangers' series
Enlightening. Scary. And sad.These three words crop up often in the dozens of emails and phone calls I have received since the Herald-Tribune's publication of "The Kindness of Strangers," a look at...
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Guards for guardians?
Recognize potential for greed to warp the processThere are, sadly, all too many ways to exploit the elderly, from complex investment scams to simple theft. That is one big reason guardianship laws were...
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Two men set to be sentenced after filming shocking abuse of elderly people in...
Ipswich Crown Court, where the two men will be sentenced next monthTwo men who hoped to make money out of filming elderly people being verbally abused are to be sentenced in January.Ian Hatwell was...
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Sentence hearing held for Orillia couple found guilty of elder abuse
Click Above for VideoAn Orillia couple found guilty of not providing proper care for an elderly woman will soon learn their fate.A sentencing hearing in the case was held in a Barrie courtroom on...
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Sheriff Seeks Victims of Financial Exploitation
Joseph Perou - (courtey: Phelps County Sheriff's Dept.) ROLLA, Mo. - The Phelps County sheriff is asking anyone who may have been victimized by a man jailed in Rolla on charges of financial...
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Holidays can be very hard on the elderly, especially those living in facilities
Make Christmas Special this Year!Let the forgotten know they are remembered & that someone truly cares!If you can't visit...Give the next best thing...Give a Merry Christmas call!
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Visit A Nursing Home Today and Make an Elderly Person's Christmas Merry!
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Mental Health Court Waiver Denied for Georgia Probate Judge Mays
A request for a waiver that would have allowed Rockdale County’s Probate Court judge to preside over an adult mental health court has been denied.Probate Judge Charles K. Mays Sr. was notified in a...
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