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Caregiver accused of stealing $6,500 from elderly woman
Christen ChamberlinA caregiver was accused of fraudulently cashing 15 checks and stealing more than $6,500 from an elderly woman, Washoe County Sheriff's deputies said in a news release Wednesday...
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Legal Guardian Indicted On Theft, Records-Tampering Charges
An attorney who served as a legal guardian for hundreds of people in central Ohio has been indicted on charges alleging theft, records-tampering and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. The...
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BYU autism conference offers help
PROVO -- There is a no-man’s land in which a child is no longer a child, but has yet to become an adult.For many it is a brief period of time. For those with autism it can last a lifetime.Brigham Young...
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Dothan man heads to prison, faces 2nd trial for exploiting the elderly
Williams admitted a few weeks ago that he exploited the elderly in Coffee County, and court documents show he took $8,000.00 from a woman who paid him to do yard work."Willie entered what we call a...
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To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients
Dino and Lillian PalermoLillian Palermo tried to prepare for the worst possibilities of aging. An insurance executive with a Ph.D. in psychology and a love of ballroom dancing, she arranged for her...
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Warrior woman charged with using elderly relative's credit card for more than...
Nakia Michelle MarshGardendale Police have arrested a woman from Warrior, charging her with running up a bill of more than $20,000 on the credit card of an elderly woman.Nakia Michelle Marsh, 37, was...
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Oglethorpe County woman charged with exploiting elderly Danielsville man
Crystal ReidA former employee of a restaurant in Danielsville is charged with stealing more than $20,000 from an elderly man with mental disabilities, whom she befriended through her workplace,...
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Guardianship bill clears panel
New protections could be coming for Floridians who end up under a guardian’s supervision because of illness or mental incapacitation.The proposed law still has a long way to go, but it received...
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NY: Chief Justice Lippman Backs Reform of Grand Jury, Attorney Discipline
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said Friday he is preparing proposals to change the state's multi-jurisdictional attorney discipline system and reform disclosure rules for grand juries to make their work...
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Ex-health care provider pleads not guilty in elder abuse case
Labarbara Deshay CurrinFLORENCE — A former employee at a Florence nursing home accused of abusing an elderly patient pleaded not guilty, officials said.An attorney representing Labarbara Deshay Currin,...
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Family Speaks Out About Guardianship System in Nevada
This is a story for anyone who may one day have to care for a loved one. Contact 13 shines a spotlight on a system that some say is tearing families apart and harming some of those it's supposed to...
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Tom Benson's Family Files Suit Against Saints, Pelican's Owner LA/TX
A day after revealing that Tom Benson announced his wife, Gayle, would seize control of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans upon his death, his granddaughter, Rita Benson...
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Ann Freedman: California's Assisted Suicide Bill Has No Safeguards for Elder...
On the surface, if you only consider the wishes of a single individual, assisted suicide legislation might seem reasonable, and the media flurry surrounding the case of Brittany Maynard has made it...
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Woman in "The Kindness of Strangers: Inside Elder Guardianship in Florida"...
Linda Bous, 67, has been living since May in a locked assisted-living facility where her court-appointed guardian placed her — but this could be the day her life begins to open up again. In its...
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No Police Accountability in Police Shooting of Illinois 95-Year-Old WWII Vet
By John KassIF you've ever heard the sound of a broom on a shop floor, sweeping up right before closing time, you would have heard it in the raspy voice of Cook County Associate Judge Luciano Panici...
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Woman in Guardianship Series, "The Kindness of Strangers: Inside Elder...
All the rights that most adults take for granted — to spend their own money, to travel, to vote, to marry, to enjoy dinner out at a Red Lobster — once again belong to Linda Bous. Bous, 67, did not...
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Woman Charged with Stealing $138k From Vulnerable Adult
A Rochester woman accused of stealing more than $138,000 from an elderly woman has been charged with six counts of felony financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The investigation began Oct. 6,...
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SD: Bill to Form Task Force to Study Elder Abuse Passes Committee
A bill that would create a state task force dedicated to studying elder abuse has passed its first committee.The proposal brought by Sen. David Novstrup would establish an interim committee to study...
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Tara Wilson: The Long Lasting and Lifetime Effect of Guardianship Abuse
Watching my mother being abused by a horribly corrupt judicial system, uncaring politicians, greedy attorneys and family members that are supposed to love one another has truly been a life changing...
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Former Martin County (Indiana) Judge Pleads Guilty in Tax Case
A former judge in Martin County is facing a year in jail and a $100,000 fine for failing to pay $66,000 in tax debt.Josh J. Minkler, Acting United States Attorney, announced Robert Joseph Howell, 51,...
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