A 93-year-old woman who had more than $200,000 removed from her bank accounts by Adams County Board member John Hibbert last November has testified that she did not give him permission to take the money, and does not remember signing power of attorney documents.
Hibbert's trial on charges of exploitation of an elderly person and theft began Tuesday morning in Quincy.
Hibbert is accused of taking about $210,000 in certificates of deposit, money market accounts and a checking account from Eleanor Lutes after she fell and broke her hip a year ago. Lutes signed over power of attorney documents and a will while in Blessing Hospital and a Camp Point nursing home, where she now lives.
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Adams County Board Member Tried for Elderly Theft
Praise to this brave woman!
ReplyDeleteIf she can't remember, what was her mental status when she signed the documents? Surely, that is an issue in the case.
ReplyDeleteWell, this is the unexpected, the victim is alive and able to testify which is what these greedy cowards do not want.
ReplyDeleteApplause to the elderly victim who beat the odds!
Eleanor, you're an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHe could have tricked her, thinking she was signing something else.
ReplyDeleteShe might have also signed things over to him when she was in the crisis, not expecting to be cleaned out.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! I bet your testimony made him sweat!
ReplyDelete"The laws must be changed to protect our elderly, from these vultures."
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