Accused of Bilking Nursing Home Resident

A 37-year-old Alhambra woman was charged Tuesday with financial exploitation of an elderly person.

Meredith A. Sharp was charged with the felony count in Madison County Circuit Court.

Officials with the Madison County Sheriff's Department said it took a report involving Sharp last Dec. 17. A representative from Hitz Memorial Home, 201 Belle St., in Alhambra, contacted the Sheriff's Department. The person making the report said Sharp had been employed at the home, and officials there suspected she may have been committing fraud against one of its residents. Sharp no longer was employed at the home, the person making the report said.

A detective with the Sheriff's Department took the investigation and looked into other accounts belonging to the resident. The investigation determined that Sharp forged a signature of the resident to remove money from at least two different bank accounts belonging to the victim. The total amount allegedly taken under fraudulent circumstances totals more than $16,000. The investigation into Sharp's activities at Hitz Memorial Home is outgoing.

Bond was set at $75,000.

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Alhambra Woman Accused of Bilking Nursing Home Resident