A Decatur caregiver, convicted of drugging and then bilking her 97-year-old client, was sent to prison Thursday for crimes a judge called "horrifying."
For the second time this year, Felicia Harvey, 36, pleaded guilty to defrauding an elderly client. At a sentencing hearing Thursday, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger said Harvey might have killed her client if her fraud had not been uncovered.
"This was close to being attempted murder," Seeliger said. "That's what makes this case so horrifying to me."
Following the prosecution's recommendation, Seeliger sentenced Harvey to eight years in prison followed by 12 years on probation. He also forbade Harvey from working with the elderly in any capacity for the duration of the sentence.
The judge said he was not happy to learn that while Harvey was defrauding the 97-year-old DeKalb woman, she was negotiating a Gwinnett County case in which she pleaded guilty to stealing almost $17,000 from a 90-year-old woman with Alzheimer's.
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Caregiver Guilty of Bilking, Drugging Elderly Woman
The judge labeled this correctly. It's horrifying what Felicia Harvey did.
ReplyDeleteFarewell Harvey, enjoy your confinement!
Thank you Judge Clarence Seeliger for speaking harshly to the defendant Felicia Harvey
ReplyDeletewho certainly deserves that and more.
Harvey is a financial preadator a candidate for life in prison cage. She must be removed from society, she is a serious threat to anyone who crosses her path.
Bye Bye Harvey!
She didn't get enough jail time.
ReplyDeleteIt really was attempted murder. The elderly are sensitive to drugs -- Felicia Harvey didn't know for sure how her victim would react to the drugging.
ReplyDeleteAttempted murder.