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| Carolyn Clemmons Watson |
Reports indicate Carolyn Watson, 42, 858 Royal Ave., Florence, is indicted for financial exploitation of the elderly.
Court officials said the
indictment was issued during the January grand jury session. She is
scheduled to be arraigned by Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self,
Feb. 27.
Police said Watson is accused of
taking $16,000 from a elderly man she met while she was working at a
local fast-food restaurant.
She was arrested Oct. 23 after the incident was reported to the Police Department.
Florence police Detective Justin
Wright said Watson, while working at the restaurant on Florence
Boulevard, befriended an 80-year-old man who is a frequent customer.
"(Watson) told the man several
stories about her needing money, and he felt sorry for her," Wright
said. "She told him she needed money to pay her bills."
Police said the man tried to help Watson and withdrew more than $16,000 from his bank account and gave the money to her.
"All this happened within a three-week period, beginning in the second week of October," Wright said.
Reports indicate after the man
made the withdrawals, bank officials contacted his family, who became
suspicious and notified police.
Police said the man suffers from dementia-like symptoms.
In a separate case involving
Watson, court officials said she was sentenced in December to 15 years
each on two counts of second-degree burglary and 10 years on elder
exploitation.
Lauderdale County authorities
said Watson was arrested in March 2014 in that case, accused of posing
as a health care provider to gain access into homes.
Investigators said Watson was
accused of going into homes of elderly residents in Greenhill, Killen
and Belmeade, in most cases claiming to be a home health nurse or trying
to find a certain address.
Investigators said it was a ploy to get inside the residence and steal medication and purses.
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