Authorities said a family member has been bilked by her son.Clarence Annett, 56, is charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his elderly, disabled mother, while he was her guardian.
"This is not a unique situation," said Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe. "We're seeing more and more of these cases where dependents are being taken advantage of not only by strangers, but their own family members."
Annett was arraigned in Johnson County court on charges of making a false writing, felony mistreatment of an adult, and theft of between $25,000 and $100,000. Officials said he stole from his mother who he was living with.
"It's not just young children or senior citizens, but dependent adults who may not be able to protect themselves," Howe said. "That's the job of the prosecutor's office to protect those who can't protect themselves."
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Man Accused of Stealing From Elderly Mother
Thank you, DA Howe, for saying "not only by strangers, but by their own family members."
ReplyDeleteWe are more shocked when family takes advantage of family. But, the truth is families who steal don't steal the exorbitant amounts the pros do. And family can be held accountable whereas the pros just continue to operate unchanged.
Family thieves are the worst, though, because they are trusted.
ReplyDeleteStealing is stealing - it doesn't matter if it's family or not. The money or the goods are still gone.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Betty, if family steals it's all over the media. But, the pros steal under cover of night.
I just can't get over how someone could steal from his own mother for crying out loud.
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