Deputies search for suspect in elderly exploitation cases

Deputies are searching for a Jacksonville Beach man who is wanted on exploitation of the elderly charges, according to a St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office release.

Detectives believe Bryan Keith Ruby, 42, has taken more than $4,000 total from three people, according to the release. Ruby is believed to be involved in other cases of elderly exploitation, but he has only been charged in connection with two cases.

In July one victim, a 67-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach woman, told deputies that Ruby told her he could replace the back seat of her golf cart for $360. She said she paid and never got the seat, according to the report. Ruby had been landscaping the lawn at her home at Lake Julia Drive South when he reportedly told the victim he could replace the seat. The victim later found out that he had been fired from the landscaping company.

Also, an elderly couple from Ponte Vedra Beach reported in August that Ruby told them they needed a piece of pool equipment and that he could buy it for around $1,000, according to the release. They said they paid Ruby, but he did not buy the equipment or return the money.

The couple said, before the thought they were being scammed, they also loaned Ruby $3,200 because he told them his wife needed an insulin pump. They said they had only received $400 back since May.


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Deputies search for suspect in elderly exploitation cases