Tuesday, April 23, 2013

TX Man Turns Himself in After Elderly Woman Notices $100K Missing

A man turned himself in after an elderly woman reported nearly $10,000 missing from her bank account.

Brandon Scott Smith, 41, was charged with theft of $20,000 or more but less than $100,000 from an elderly individual, a second degree felony.

In January, Smith’s step-grandmother, a Kempner resident, reported to police that funds had been taken from her bank account and she suspected Smith, police said.

A police investigation concluded that $90,988.81 was transferred to his account via the Internet, police said.

Smith was released from the Lampasas County Jail on $5,000 bond.

Source:
Lampasas Man Turns Himself In After Elderly Woman Notices $100,000 Missing

2 comments:

Thelma said...

Stealing from grandma may be easy, but are the penalties strong enough?

StandUp said...

I'm glad he turned himself in. Now if he'd just plead guilty and save the taxpayers the cost of a trial.