Kinsey Police warn of elderly abuse after arresting man for stealing from his grandmother

By Jacklynn Lambert

KINSEY, Ala. (WTVY) - The Kinsey Police Department has a message to the public about elderly abuse.

This month, Kinsey Police arrested a man for stealing from his grandmother and leaving her without power and thousands of dollars.

That man, 29-year-old Jordan Glass, is facing several charges including elderly abuse and neglect and financial exploitation of an elderly person.

The victim, although bedridden at the time, contacted the police suspecting something was wrong with her finances after she had no money to pay her bills.

“She has a memory better than I do. She was the one who helped Sergeant (Josh) Waybright go through every transaction. She went through every bit of it with him and helped get information from the bank,” Kinsey Police Chief Jim Mock said.

After an investigation, police discovered Glass lied about having power of attorney over his grandmother and had been robbing her for months.

Glass had taken over $8,000 from his grandmother, leaving her with no way to pay her power bill and facing the threat of having her water turned off.

Chief Mock said several community members have since stepped in to help the victim with her bills and other essentials after hearing about the situation.

“You make one phone call, you have 30 or 40 trying to help. That is one of the leisures of having a small town, everybody knows everybody. To me, it is just sickening that you can do an elder person this way when they can’t defend themselves on their own or anything like that. Thank god Sergeant Josh Waybright got up with DHR, they have helped tremendously along with other organizations that have come in through DHR that have helped with trying to get things right in this situation for her,“ Mock said.

The police chief then went on to express his disdain for the abuse of individuals like the elderly.

“My thing is, the elders are supposed to be protected by everybody. They have done their time and what they are supposed to do out here. It takes a special kind of person to take advantage of an elder or a child in that kind of manner,“ Mock said.

With the ongoing investigation, Glass is expected to face several additional charges related to this case of elderly abuse.

Glass is being held at the Houston County Jail on an upwards of $600,000 bond.

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