By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 35-year-old Stillwater woman, who was convicted of possessing heroin during two different traffic stops, has been accused of exploiting an elderly blind woman with whom she lived — by illegally obtaining her cell phone, bank card, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program card.
Stephanie Michelle Wisler, for whom an arrest warrant
was issued last week, could be given as much as a 10-year prison term
and a $10,000 fine if convicted of exploitation of an elderly person.
Stillwater Police Detective Richard Leport alleged in
an affidavit that on March 9 another police officer received
information from Adult Protective Services of the Oklahoma Department of
Human Services that the victim had been exploited by Wisler, her
caregiver.
Wisler had moved in the victim’s apartment to provide
basic care for the blind woman — including cooking, cleaning, and
paying bills, the affidavit alleged.
“Stephanie Wisler was to provide these services in
exchange for her room and board,” with the victim, who was notified on
Feb. 3 she was being evicted from her apartment for failing to pay the
rent, the affidavit alleged.
“On Feb. 8, Stephanie Wisler left the apartment and
took (the victim’s) cell phone, bank card, and an Oklahoma Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card,” the affidavit alleged.
“On March 3, Stephanie Wisler returned to the
apartment. (The victim) asked Stephanie Wisler to return her phone, bank
card and SNAP card. Stephanie Wisler explained she left them in a
friend’s car. Stephanie Wisler left the apartment,” the affidavit
alleged.
On March 5, DHS Adult Protective Services discovered
that the victim was locked out of her apartment, and so moved her to a
nursing home, the affidavit alleged.
On March 12, when Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy David
Sloan arrested Wisler for having heroin as a passenger in a Cadillac in
a traffic stop, she was found in possession of two debit cards in the
victim’s name, the affidavit alleged.
Two months later, Wisler pleaded guilty to possessing
heroin and syringes on March 12 of this year, and to possessing heroin,
methamphetamine, and marijuana on June 26 of last year along with used
syringes; she was ordered to serve a total of 60 days in jail, along
with paying $2,977 in court costs, records show.
In the exploitation case filed last week, the police
detective obtained surveillance videos from a grocery store regarding
Wisler’s fraudulent transactions with an image on a cell phone of the
victim’s SNAP card for $9.94 at 8:37 pm on March 7 and for $33.96 eight
minutes later, the affidavit alleged. The detective also obtained
surveillance videos from a convenience store regarding Wisler’s
fraudulent transactions with the victim’s SNAP card for $14.63 at 5:13
am on March 10 and for $5.17 at 9:19 pm on March 16, the affidavit
alleged.
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