A former home health care aide was escorted from a Palm Beach County courtroom in handcuffs on Monday after admitting to ringing up more than $13,000 in charges on an 81-year-old West Boynton patient's credit cards in 2010.
Ericka Dominique Walker, 25, of West Palm Beach, pleaded guilty to one count of exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult and one count of fraudulent use of a credit card greater than $100 — charges punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
But Circuit Judge Sandra McSorley, noting Walker's lack of prior arrests and willingness to accept responsibility, agreed to sentence the defendant to three years of probation, with the first year to be served in Palm Beach County Jail.
Over the objection of Assistant State Attorney Kathryn Lewis Perrin, McSorley withheld adjudication, meaning Walker will not be considered a convicted felon.
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Former West Boyton Home Health Care Aid Jailed
2 comments:
I think there's a solution to credit card theft - hi tech!
It's all up to the banks.
Wow, if she'd just had a law license, she could have taken the same amount of money or more, positioned herself as a great humanitarian who deeply cares about the needy, and probably gotten an award.
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