Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Wanted on a Charge of Financial Elder Abuse

CA - Police in California are asking for the public’s help in finding a woman believed to be living in metro Atlanta who is wanted for stealing $300,000 from an elderly woman.

Hazel Whitt Mitchell, 73, is wanted on a charge of financial elder abuse.

Sacramento police Detective Mike Wood: "She is accused of scamming another woman, now 93, out of more than $300,000 between 1994 and 2007."

She was arrested on the same charge earlier this year in the Dallas, Texas, area, but was released from custody for unknown reasons, Wood said.

The scam California police want Mitchell for began in 1994 after the death of the 93-year-old woman’s brother, Wood said.

Mitchell falsely claimed that the dead man owed her money and convinced his sister to pay off the debt over time, Wood said.

The victim made payments to Mitchell on a near-weekly basis until police began investigating in 2007, emptying her own bank account in the process, Wood said.

Anyone with information on Mitchell’s whereabouts is asked to call the Sacramento Area Crime Alert tip line at 800-AA-CRIME.

Source:
Elderly woman cheated out of $300,000; suspect sought

4 comments:

  1. I hope they find her and find her soon -- and lock her away forever.

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  2. this woman Hazel Whitt Mitchell should have been locked up without bail. Now, look at this beast that is on the loose looking for more victims!!!

    I am shocked at my own reaction to this story.

    If I ever saw this woman, this criminal, this lowly coward, this con-artist, I would drag her by her hair to the nearest police station.

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  3. Hey, I'm with you drag her by her hair. I guess there isn't any age limit on people's need commit crimes to feed their greed. I hope to God the authorities get this crook and fast.

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  4. To Anonymous on January 6, 2009 at 7:38 PM. Just out of curiosity, are you a man or a woman? Also, you said that you would drag her by her hair to the nearest police station. Why would you drag her by her hair? That would be extremely painful! Why wouldn't you drag her by her arm instead? It would not be NEARLY as painful! It would be so painful if you were to drag her entire body weight by her hair.

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