by Abigail Quinn
A North Charleston Police Department uniform patch. FILE (Brian Heins/WCIV)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A
woman has been arrested after she reportedly exploited her elderly
neighbor and fraudulently accessed their finances, according to the
North Charleston Police Department.
Kimberly Spear Lawrence, a 58-year-old from North Charleston was arrested and charged with fraud and exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
The report on the incident states that investigators with the North Charleston Police Department Special Victims Unit received a report on March 19 from he South Carolina Department of Social Services and Adult Protective Services regarding the alleged exploitation of a 79-year-old woman.
The victim reportedly suffers from cognitive impairment, and through investigation it was revealed that multiple checks belonging to the victim were allegedly cashed or deposited and cashed for a loss of more than $3,000 by Lawrence.
On Wednesday officers located and arrested Lawrence at a hotel on Dorchester Road and she was transported to the Al Cannon Detention Center.
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North Charleston woman jailed after reportedly exploiting elderly neighbor
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