Woman pleads guilty to neglecting, exploiting her mother

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Kanawha County prosecutors said a woman pleaded guilty in a case in which she was accused of abandoning her mother for days at a time and spending more than $70,000 of her mother’s retirement savings and monthly income without authorization.

Amanda R. Reavis pleaded guilty Tuesday to the felony offenses of neglecting an incapacitated adult causing serious bodily injury and to financially exploiting an incapacitated adult, according to a news release from the Kanawha County Prosecutor’s Office.

Prosecutors said Reavis’ mother, Tammy G. Reavis, was a delivery room nurse until she was forced to retire as a result of early onset dementia. As a result of her illness, she was unable to feed herself, unable to move and unable to care for her daily physical needs and was totally dependent on her daughter.

The news release said Amanda Reavis would abandon her mother for days at a time. She had power of attorney and would access her mother’s bank accounts and retirement savings and spend the money for her own purposes, prosecutors said.

Amanda Reavis spent $71,000 of her mother’s retirement savings and monthly income without authorization, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors have recommended she receive 15 to 35 years home confinement and a $5,000 fine when she is sentenced Sept. 19 by Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey.

The neglect offense carries a three to 15 years prison term and the financial exploitation offense carries a sentence of two to 20 years. She also could face up to $15,000 in fines.

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Woman pleads guilty to neglecting, exploiting her mother