Athens woman charged for financial exploitation of 90-year-old

By PHILIP O’DELL

SOUTH WAVERLY — An Athens woman was charged with financial exploitation of an elderly person she was caring for in South Waverly Borough.

Lisa Irene Pate, 54, is accused of stealing $400 in an envelope from a 90-year-old woman, according to Sayre Borough police. Pate cared for the victim as a home health nurse. The money went missing from a purse inside a residence after Pate left for the day on Sept. 17. The $400 was originally intended to install a ramp for the victim.

The next day, a relative of the victim left $152 in a purse within a drawer to see if money would go missing, according to court documents. They later discovered $70 of it was missing on Oct. 2.

According to police, Pate stopped appearing for work the day after the theft allegations were reported. On Oct. 18, police contacted Pate and she denied the allegations and attributed a foot injury to missing work.

Pate faces first degree misdemeanor charges of financial exploitation of older adult or care dependent person and theft by unlawful taking of movable property. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Dec. 3 before Magisterial District Judge Larry J. Hurley.

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