Wetumpka woman charged with elder abuse following yearlong investigation

A Wetumpka woman was arrested on Friday on charges related to elder abuse, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The State Bureau of Investigation major crimes agents executed a search warrant on Friday and arrested Sandra Gayle Humphrey, 52, of Wetumpka .

She is charged with one count of financial exploitation of an elderly person in the first degree, a Class B felony and elder abuse and neglect, a Class A misdemeanor. She is being held in the Elmore County Detention Facility on $16,000 bond.

"The search warrant was the culmination of a yearlong investigation into the financial exploitation of a senior citizen," Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier stated in a release.  "SBI agents will continue to partner with local partners to investigate those who exploit and abuse our senior citizens."

The District Attorney's Office and Drug Task Force from the 19th Judicial Circuit along with the Elmore County Sheriff's Department, provided valuable assistance in this investigation.

Details on the charges were released. Humphrey's arrest warrant wasn't available for release.

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Wetumpka woman charged with elder abuse following yearlong investigation