A senior living nurse with theft in her past stole $3,200 from a resident, cops say

By David J. Neal

Cheri Ann Cobbett Polk County Sheriff's Office

Fraud and senior citizen theft charges amounting to $3,200 fraud could cost a Winter Haven licensed practical nurse her license and her freedom.

None of 43-year-old Cheri Cobbett’s previous criminal justice episodes cost her either, although both led to a conviction after stealing in some form. But none involved a resident at a senior living facility.

That’s likely why, earlier this month, the Florida Department of Health put an emergency restriction on Cobbett’s license that prohibits her from working in any position that would give her access to a patient’s financial information or forms of payment.

Polk County prosecutors are going for a restriction to prison on charges of theft from a senior citizen from $300 to $10,000; uttering a forged instrument; and eight counts of fraudulent use of an ID of a victim 60 years of age or older. Cobbett posted $28,000 bond in March.

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A senior living nurse with theft in her past stole $3,200 from a resident, cops say