Kathy Ann Weimar was supposed to take care of two sisters, ages 90 and 79.
Instead, she used their debit and credit cards to pay her bills and withdraw cash and wrote extravagant checks on their accounts to herself and to pay a friend to do maintenance and repairs on their townhouse, according to charges filed in Ramsey County District Court.
Weimar, 52, of Oakdale, is charged with one count of felony theft by swindle. The criminal complaint said she took more than $17,000 from the sisters while serving as a home health-care aide. Her first court appearance is Jan. 6.
"That is just not true at all," Weimar said Friday. "All those things went to them. They gave me that card to use. The money that was taken out was used to replace a deck on their townhouse. They wanted it before winter."
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It could go either way. Sometimes, the court makes family out to be the bad guy just so they can get a guardianship in place. We don't really know what happened here.
ReplyDeleteIt should be easy to prove either way, Anon.
ReplyDeleteI feel like she probably did it. We are living in the age of entitlement.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind, the news story is probably lacking. We can't really judge on these stores until after the hearing.
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