By Brandy Beard and Akim Powell
LANCASTER, S.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A man in South Carolina is accused of holding four “vulnerable adults” captive in his basement and stealing their money.
Donnie Birchfield Jr., 36, was arrested after Lancaster police responded to an unattended death on July 25 at a home on Churchill Drive.
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According to a report, officers learned that Birchfield had cared for multiple people in his basement and allegedly had been using at least two of their debit cards and one bank account.
Officers alleged Birchfield financially exploited four people, identified as vulnerable adults, starting in September 2022.
For almost three years, Birchfield allegedly made dozens of purchases using the debit cards and the bank account number to pay for services for himself and to pay his own credit card bills.
Birchfield was arrested on Aug. 2 and charged with:
- Four counts of exploitation of a vulnerable adult
- Four counts of false imprisonment
- Two counts of domestic violence high and aggravated nature
- Two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult
- Two counts of financial transaction card theft
- One count of transaction card fraud
- One count of financial identity fraud
He was placed under a $150,000 bond. According to Lancaster police, more charges were possible as the case remained under investigation.
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Man accused of keeping 4 ‘vulnerable adults’ captive in his basement, stealing their money for years, police say
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