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| Terralyn Jackson-Whitehead |
Police have arrested a Philadelphia woman accused of stealing from a disabled Newark resident for whom she was working as a caregiver.
Terralyn Jackson-Whitehead, 27, turned herself in Wednesday to face charges of felony theft from a disabled adult and unlawful use of a payment card, according to Lt. Andrew Rubin, a spokesman for the Newark Police Department. After being arraigned, she was released on her own recognizance.
The investigation began in November 2019, when a different caregiver for the victim called police to report suspicious activity on the victim’s credit card.
The woman, who lives in the 400 block of Stamford Drive in Fairfield, told police there were multiple charges on her card that she did not authorize.
“Newark Police developed evidence that her caregiver at the time, Terralyn Jackson-Whitehead, used the victim’s credit card to make various purchases for the benefit of herself and not the victim,” Rubin said.
Police
obtained a warrant for Jackson-Whitehead’s arrest a year ago, but
officers were unable to locate her. In July, they issued a public plea
for information about her whereabouts.
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