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
Is there enough punishment on the law books to prevent others from following his example?
ReplyDeleteA real low life.
ReplyDeleteHopefully a long prison term awaits James Alan Nicholson!
ReplyDeleteVulture!
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to the victim who will never recover from this scheme.
The law enforcers are quick to presecute for exploiting elders
ReplyDeleteexcept when it comes to their own
exploiters in the courts!
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!
ReplyDeleteJames 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!!
ReplyDeleteTo the last Anon,
ReplyDeleteGOOD 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.