Lehigh Valley Live: "Woman caring for person with dementia steals $55K in gold coins from home."
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Woman caring for person with dementia steals $55K in gold coins from home, police say
Published: Aug. 08, 2022, 1:35 p.m.
By Tony Rhodin | For lehighvalleylive.com
A 47-year-old Bethlehem woman was charged Monday with burglary and related offenses after stealing 30 ounces of gold coins valued at more than $55,000 from an 86-year-old Bethlehem Township woman for whom the suspect was supposed to be caring, police report.
Ivette Robles, of the 900 block of Geissinger Street, was arraigned Monday morning before District Judge Nicholas Englesson and housed in Northampton County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail, court records say.
The elderly woman, who has dementia, began to receive care on June 9, court papers say. Before the care began, family members took anything of value and placed it in a locked upstairs bedroom and told the caretakers to stay off the second floor, police said. The woman in need of care was too weak to get up the stairs, police said.
A family member on June 13 felt Robles was acting suspiciously when he visited near the end of her shift, police said. Robles took a long time to open the front door and then said she had been looking for something that was visible, police said. The cabinet door in the dining room was open as well, police said.
Another family member visited on June 15 and found the door knob to the second floor room very hard to turn before seeing pry marks near the part that locks, police said. The bedroom had been rummaged through — the basement was too, police said. Home care was canceled and the investigation determined 30 ounces of British sovereign (St. George and Dragon) coins valued at $55,317 had been stolen, police said. The coins were in a box near a jewelry box, police said. It wasn’t clear if anything was taken from the jewelry box, but an earring that was inside the box was found outside it, police said.
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Stealing from a dementia patient is unconscionable. Hope they throw the book at her.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
a stiff prison senance will take care of that
Good that they caught her. The elderly womens family should of had the coins/Jewelry in a safe hidden somewhere in the locked room though. I would of put some cheap costume Jewelry out as a decoy too.
Disgusting
After my father in law had passed, the caregivers stayed with my mother in law.
My wife constantly checked the charge card for purchases.
Suddenly there was [about] a $600 or 800 charge to the account from a local shopping mall.
It turned out that the girl [in her 20's] took my mother in law to the mall to buy her [the girl] something for her birthday.
It turned out to be an expensive pocketbook.
My wife drove over, picked it up and returned it to the store.
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I had to go thru an extensive background check just to install alarm systems. You would think that caregivers would have to also. I think I would have put those valuables in some sort of safe to deter people.
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That is despicable. However, much more care should have been taken when such valuables were in the home. Either a full size safe, or removed to an SDB. No sense in tempting strangers. Cheers, RickO
Why in the world did they leave something so valuable (and portable) in the house with a person who has dementia?
"Stay off the 2nd floor"=
"That's where the valuables are!"
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
When I signed a contract with a in home care company they were insistent no cash or firearms or other valuables where to be on the premises.
Hard to do but eliminated temptation. Revolving group of care givers
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Some of the worst people I've ever come across can pass a background check, no problem.
Edit: I read more of the article. Sounds like a background check MIGHT have helped here. But maybe not since the offense on her record was most likely a misdemeanor.
I hope they throw the book at her for this one.
told the caretakers to stay off the second floor?
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The article doesn't mention if the 30oz of Gold Sovereigns were found or returned to the rightful owners...
It's all about what the people want...
An unfortunate aspect of thefts is that in 2022 with a raging opioid crisis the money could be spent before law enforcement seizes the stolen loot.