Monday, September 7, 2009

Man Accused of Cheating Disabled Victim

A 36-year-old St. Petersburg man is accused of cheating a developmentally disabled man out of almost $10,000 on the pretext of helping the man get his car repaired.

James Alan Nicholson was arrested Wednesday on a charge of financial exploitation of a disabled adult. He was being held on $10,000 bail at the Pinellas County Jail.

Between February and April, according to an arrest report, Nicholson took 14 checks totaling $9,400 from the 57-year-old victim, who often needs help managing his finances.

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Man Accused of Cheating Disabled Victim

8 comments:

  1. Is there enough punishment on the law books to prevent others from following his example?

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  2. Hopefully a long prison term awaits James Alan Nicholson!

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  3. Vulture!

    My heart goes out to the victim who will never recover from this scheme.

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  4. The law enforcers are quick to presecute for exploiting elders
    except when it comes to their own
    exploiters in the courts!

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  5. What scum! How is his bail only set at $5000 now?!?!? He needs real punishment!! He deserves a good few years in jail to sit and think about his actions!!! What a true lowwwww life!

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  6. James is a GOOD man and there is more to the story than what is publicized. so to all who think he is a low life...get YOUR OWN LIFE and STOP judging people you don't know!!

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  7. To the last Anon,

    GOOD people don't cheat developmentally disabled peeople.

    If James Alan Nicholson didn't do it, then that's a different story, of course.

    But, if he did, then justifying his behavior by saying he's a good man isn't helping him.

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