Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Gadsden Woman Charged With Financial Exploitation Of The Elderly

by Joey Weaver

Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced the arrest of a Gadsden woman for financial exploitation of an elderly person. Gina Cook Gilbert, 59, was arrested this morning by agents of the Attorney General’s Office and taken to the Etowah County Jail.

Gilbert is charged with two counts of first-degree financial exploitation of an elderly person for taking property from Patricia Louise Cook Jerome in an amount that exceeds $1,000,000. She was arrested on warrants* brought by agents of the Attorney General’s Office and bail is set at $60,000 cash.  

No further information about the investigation or about Gilbert’s alleged crimes other than that stated in the warrants may be released at this time.

If convicted, Gilbert faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years for each of the counts, which are B felonies. 

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Gadsden Woman Charged With Financial Exploitation Of The Elderly

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