Deputies: Relatives stole $870,000 from blind, elderly man with dementia

[steve2470]

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-03-28/news/os-elder-exploitation-daughter-accused-stealing-fr-20140328_1_dementia-relatives-deputies

Relatives of a hard-of-hearing, legally blind 80-year-old widower with dementia were arrested Friday after a six-month investigation revealed that they misappropriated at least $870,000 of his money, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

The man's daughter, Cynthia Lane Thomas, 58; her husband, Richard Henry Thomas, 57; and Richard Thomas' son, Richard Aaron Thomas, 33, were jailed on charges of exploitation of an elderly person and first-degree grand theft.

The man's daughter-in-law told investigators that the victim, Richard Chadwick, gave Cynthia Thomas power of attorney, and she then cleaned out his bank accounts and used the money to pay off her mortgage and fund two start-up businesses, according to detectives.

Deputy sheriffs estimate that about $2.8 million of Chadwick's money was spent between 2010 and 2013, but the Thomases are charged with taking about $871,000.

[Skittles]

1. disgusting

[steve2470]

2. if convicted they need to stay in prison a very long time nt

[Skittles]

3. I agree

there's something especially sinister about people like them - I'd rather have a bank robber as a neighbor than people like them.

[Bigmack]

4. Almost as low as this scumbag....

... Took his grandparents' Holocaust Survivor payments... and everything else. Grandkids college money... cash... credit cards.... the whole goddam thing.

Fucking sociopath!

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Charge-Bellevue-Holocaust-survivors-life-900188.php

[steve2470]

5. agreed, put him under the prison nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. I hope they don't get to see the light of day. What crooks nt