Where is Wendy Williams? It’s None of Our Business.

By Rachel Cannata

Wendy Williams is a former daytime talk show host, infamous for being unabashedly controversial. Her show ran for almost 14 years before abruptly ending in June 2022 due to concerns about her health, leaving fans of the show with many questions about Wendy’s wellbeing, whereabouts and the future of her career. In February, Lifetime released a four-part docuseries called Where is Wendy Williams? which attempts to answer some of these questions.

Wendy seems to believe that the purpose of the documentary is to follow the journey of her return to TV. The docuseries shows her repeatedly struggle with memory, choices and impulse control to a degree that significantly impacts her life. Despite this, she is deeply in denial that her health is declining. She is in no state to return to television. These underlying truths are obvious, but they are tiptoed around and poorly disguised. Many around her encourage this false hope and play into the idea that she will make a comeback to TV.

The docuseries shows a side of Wendy Williams that dramatically contrasts her talk show persona. She is suffering physically, having lost a considerable amount of weight and unable to feel in her feet due to lymphedema. She’s extremely blunt and arguably abusive to her staff, which seems to be a result of her poor mental health. She is often incoherent and unable to clearly articulate her thoughts. In the first three episodes, her health is a topic of conversation, but it seems to be up for debate whether or not Wendy is acting any differently than she has in the past, despite her clearly uncharacteristic behavior. There is no mention of a mental health diagnosis until the final episode, when her son reveals that she has been diagnosed with alcohol-induced dementia.

There were many scenes that made me question whether I should be watching the show. It often seemed to encourage us to laugh at her; for example, the show featured a compilation of her yelling at her staff and making absurd requests such as: “Don’t talk to me, I’m famous!” There was one scene that was particularly hard to watch, showing Wendy with her driver and her assistant, Shawn, on a mission to find a vape. Wendy incoherently provides directions to a smoke shop and gets so upset when they’re unable to find the correct brand that they have to stop filming and go home. 

Another scene that made me question the ethics of watching was one showing Wendy in the mirror, crying because she’s overjoyed about her “thigh gap.” Her thinner body is a result of her poor health and the theme of her relationship to her body was never brought up again. I think such a scene was unnecessary and unhelpful to have included, and demonstrates a disregard for Wendy’s dignity.

The filming style resembled that of a reality show, following her daily life in a luxurious NYC apartment. We saw her struggles through getting out of bed, drinking liquor in excess, attending meetings with her numerous employees and reality TV-style interviews with her many visitors. Watching it felt like prying into something I wasn’t supposed to see: invasive footage of Wendy Williams’s fall from grace. This show felt like an icky blend of reality TV and documentary that revealed moments which should have been kept private, doing so under the guise of something helpful and educational. 

Wendy, shortly before the show started filming, against her wishes, was placed under a financial guardianship by a private, non-relative guardian. I suspect that the family agreed to this invasive documentary hoping that it will strengthen their case to take control of Wendy’s guardianship. The ethics of conservatorship are interesting and important to discuss, but I don’t think this docuseries succeeded at facilitating this conversation and I don’t think it should have been made at all.

There are two layers to Wendy’s being exploited. The first of those layers is those around her exploiting her for money. Some of her employees have it in their own best interest to tell Wendy what she wants to hear rather than attempt to preserve her health. It is sad to see people enable her alcoholism and encourage her delusions of a return to the screen so they can maintain a presumably high salary. 

The second layer of this exploitation is the documentary itself, which exposes this first layer but, in doing so, is airing out the private matters of Wendy, a person who is not necessarily in a mental place to be able to consent to this show. The documentary crew follows Wendy through extremely vulnerable, intimate moments. I don’t think the Wendy Williams of a few years ago would be happy to see these shots of herself being open to public viewing. 

In the final moments of the last episode, her sister Wanda tells us: “I hope people walk away from this seeing the challenges [Wendy’s] been through and realizing we all go through our challenges, and we all make choices in life, and she’s still a person.” Throughout watching the show I was confused about why it was created. I thought the documentary did a terrible job of masking the exploitative nature by making the central purpose very unclear. Was it to provide more information about the effects of dementia? If so, why did they reveal the diagnosis only at the very end of the show? Was it to keep her on TV, as she wanted? Was it simply to tell Wendy’s story? What does this say about what we are willing to consume purely out of nosiness?

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Elder Abuse: Two True Stories of Support

“Joe” is a lonely, friendly, and trusting 78-year-old man with a soft spot for those with hard-luck stories. He was befriended by “Sally,” a much younger woman, at a laundromat. Sally offered to help him carry his laundry out to his car and then rode with him back to his home. She told Joe she had nowhere to live, so he allowed Sally to stay the night. Soon after, she moved into his home and began to take control of his life.

After Sally moved in, she began referring to herself as Joe’s girlfriend. Several of her acquaintances came to visit, and some stayed overnight without Joe’s permission. Sally and her group of friends began stealing from Joe’s home, and his bank became concerned when Sally frequently accompanied him while he made large cash withdrawals. It was discovered that Sally was also writing checks from Joe’s account, and one of her other “boyfriends” had somehow convinced Joe to sign over the title of his car to him. Joe also had several overdue bills and was at risk of having his electricity and gas shut off. All of Joe’s money was either directed to or siphoned off by Sally.

Protecting Joe from financial exploitation

Joe was referred to the Aging and Disability Services’ Elder Abuse Case Management Program by a local law enforcement agency. The program provides advocacy and social work support for individuals 60 years and older throughout King County who are struggling with abuse, neglect, or exploitation (including financial exploitation) by trusted others.

On Joe’s behalf, an elder abuse case manager worked with law enforcement and a victim advocate, obtaining a protection order against Sally and connecting Joe to volunteer transportation services until his car was returned. The case manager also worked with one of Joe’s long-time neighbors, whom he trusted, to help ensure that his utility bills got paid and his electricity and gas remained in service.

Sally and her cohort were arrested for their exploitation of Joe. The case manager worked with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to support Joe during the court process, accompanying him to court hearings and offering reassurance through a stressful time.

Although the outcome of this story is considered a success—both Sally and her cohort remain in prison and Joe is now safe from their exploitation—the case manager worries that Joe will be vulnerable to exploitation by others, given his trusting nature and poor insight and judgment. Joe’s neighbor keeps a watchful eye out for him and the case manager stays in touch by phone and through home visits.

The Aging and Disability Services Elder Abuse Case Management Program serves abused, neglected, and exploited older adults by connecting them to information and resources to address their needs, and works in coordination with law enforcement, Adult Protective Services, legal services, and other service professionals. This interdisciplinary approach helps to more effectively support and serve those in need.

Supporting Melody’s independence

“Melody” is a 63-year-old woman referred to the Aging and Disability Services Elder Abuse Case Management Program by the nonprofit agency Sound Generations. At the time, Melody had fled the home she shared with her husband, who had mentally abused her for decades. Like many women who are abused, she had attempted to leave him several times in previous years and then returned to live with him due to financial hardship. Melody searched regularly for an affordable place of her own but was unsuccessful. Her only source of income was Social Security—$750 per month.

Melody lived in shelters, in her car and, when possible, at her daughter’s home. Unfortunately, she could not consistently rely on her daughter’s help because her daughter had her own personal problems. With several disabling health issues, Melody found that women’s shelters were not designed to accommodate her disabilities. She also found it difficult to relate to some of the women in the shelters, due to substantial age differences and because, unlike Melody, many participants were in various stages of substance abuse recovery.

The elder abuse case manager offered support and encouraged her to continue working closely with her mental health therapist during these very difficult times. Melody’s primary goal was obtaining safe, affordable housing of her own that would accommodate her physical needs and help stabilize her life. Diligently, she worked with the elder abuse case manager to apply for permanent, subsidized housing as well as transitional housing programs and was placed on multiple wait lists. After nearly a year of unstable housing, which increased Melody’s psychological and physical stress, a unit was offered to her. The case manager assisted in locating emergency funds to pay for the required deposit and move-in costs and was able to secure other funding for household basics.

Melody now lives in her own affordable apartment and, unlike her isolated lifestyle with her abusive husband, she socializes regularly with other tenants in the building. She has made friends. Melody finally feels like her life is her own and, since securing stable housing, she has felt able to focus more on her health care needs. Feeling safe in her own home, and removed from the abuse of her spouse, she says she is considering pursuing a divorce. As she contemplates this, the case manager can refer her to a local legal organization that works with victims of domestic violence, and collaborate with their staff to support Melody through the divorce process, should she choose to move forward.

Joe’s and Melody’s stories are two examples of the many ways in which the Aging and Disability Services Elder Abuse Case Management Program supports abused individuals as they navigate through support systems and work to stabilize their lives.

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Contributor Kathi Church provides case management services to older adults who have experienced abuse by someone they trust. For more information about the Aging and Disability Services Elder Abuse Case Management Program and additional resources, click here.

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What is Elder Abuse?

The National Center on Elder Abuse describes a variety of ways in which older adults are harmed within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust:

• Emotional abuse means verbal assaults, threats of abuse, harassment, or intimidation.
• Financial or material exploitation means the misuse or withholding of an older adult’s resources by another.
• Passive neglect is a caregiver’s failure to provide an older adult with life’s necessities, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, shelter, or medical care.
• Willful deprivation means denying an older adult medication, medical care, shelter, food, a therapeutic device, or other physical assistance, and exposing that person to the risk of physical, mental, or emotional harm—except when the older, competent adult has expressed a desire to go without such care.
• Physical abuse means inflicting physical pain or injury on an older adult.
• Confinement means restraining or isolating an older adult, other than for medical reasons.
• Sexual abuse means engaging in sexual activity with an older adult, when the older adult is unable to understand, unwilling to consent, threatened, or physically forced.

Elder abuse is more common than most people think, and frequently abuse goes unreported. Help is available! In Seattle-King County, call Community Living Connections at 1-844-348-5464 (toll-free) or the King County Elder Abuse Hotline at 1-866-221-4909.

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Sanitation workers save elderly woman from house fire in Mt. Clemens

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. (FOX 2) - Three sanitation workers are being called heroes after spotting a house fire and rushing to help those stuck inside.

The Priority Waste workers were on their regular route in Mt. Clemens, loading trash into their truck, when they saw a home on Inches Street emitting smoke. 

Driver Gary Whitcher called out to his co-workers, dialed 911, and began sounding the horn. The other two workers, Orberto Altman and Keeyon Beaty, raced to check if anyone was inside the residence.

The cameras on their work truck captured the chaos.

"Someone is in there, it looks like," Whitcher can be heard saying in the footage. "Someone's in the house."

An elderly woman and her chihuahua were stuck inside at the time of the fire. 

"He kicked down the door, he got the fire extinguisher, went in there for a second and then came out because the smoke was so bad," Whitcher said.

As Mount Clemens police and firefighters arrived, Altman and Beaty helped rescue the woman through a window. However, the dog died despite firefighters performing CPR.

While the woman suffered smoke inhalation, she refused medical attention, according to the fire department. 

"Out of all the times for us to get there, it's when she's in trouble, so I feel like it was meant to happen," Beaty said.

"I feel good that I could save a life – that we were there at the right time," Altman added.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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Woman facing 93 charges involving financial exploitation of elderly

Pitt County deputies on Tuesday arrested 42-year-old Dekedriya Maye.(Pitt County Sheriff's Office)

By WITN Web Team

PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A Simpson woman is facing nearly 100 charges after deputies began investigating claims of financial exploitation of an elderly Pitt County resident.

Pitt County deputies on Tuesday arrested 42-year-old Dekedriya Maye. She is charged with 31 counts of identity theft, 31 counts of obtaining property by false pretense, and 31 counts of financial exploitation of an elder by a person in a position of trust.

The total amount involved was $1,800 and took place over a three-month period late last year.

Maye remains in jail on a $300,000 secured bond.

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Bloomfield Township caretaker charged with identity theft, financial exploitation of elderly woman

by Brandon Carr

Marivelis Serrano (WDIV)

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Marivelis Serrano, the accused, is facing an 18-count felony warrant, including a significant charge of embezzlement of $100,000 or more, 12 counts of uttering and publishing, and five counts of identity theft.

Court documents said the Bloomfield Township Police Department was alerted to the financial exploitation of the 85-year-old woman on Jan. 16, 2024.

Officials said they launched an investigation and uncovered that Serrano, 48, from Pontiac, had stolen $160,000 from the victim and transferred the funds to her own accounts.

Police said the 48-year-old woman spent thousands of dollars on online gambling platforms.

Officials say they also discovered that Serrano had illegally used the 85-year-old woman’s debit card to buy thousands of dollars worth of goods, including $6,200 in Amazon purchases and $3,600 in Instacart purchases.

Serrano was employed by the victim and trusted as her caretaker. Her job included house cleaning, transportation, and assistance with other day-to-day tasks.

Officials say Serrano surrendered to the 48th District Court, and at her arraignment, she was given a $50,000 cash surety or 10% bond.

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‘A breathing skeleton’: Utah couple exploits elderly man of multi-million dollar estate, charges say

by: Megan Brugger

PAYSON, Utah (ABC4) — A Utah County couple was charged last week after allegedly exploiting a vulnerable, elderly man of his multi-million dollar estate — befriending him and cutting him off from his family to do so.

Troy Lynn Lerwill, 57, and Katherine Gean Talley, 49, were charged in Fourth District Court on Thursday, April 4, with intentional aggravated abuse and financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, both second-degree felonies.

In 2020, Lerwill reportedly became acquainted with a Payson resident, who was about 70 years old at the time. The resident had some mental health issues, according to the affidavit, including apparent hoarding tendencies, autism, and anxiety, and was “extremely private and independent,” as well as “very fixed in his routines and habits,” and was “frugal to the point of miserliness.”

The resident had financial assets exceeding $6 million, as well as valuable collections of coins and sports cards.

In March 2021, Lerwill had the resident’s landline phone disconnected, despite the resident’s regular assertion to family members that he did not want a cell phone because his home phone was “just fine,” the affidavit states. This was the resident’s only means of communication.

Additionally, Lerwill reportedly told financial advisors to contact him if they wanted to reach the resident, the affidavit states.

A few days later, the resident reportedly created a will — leaving his Beanie Baby collection to Lerwill’s girlfriend, Talley, and everything else (including his Payson home) to Lerwill. The affidavit states this was contrary to what the resident had always told his financial advisors.

In April 2021, a Power of Attorney in favor of Lerwill was executed, although improperly notarized. That same day, the affidavit states Lerwill and Talley “recorded themselves bathing [the resident], and sent the video to a few people, apparently to show that they were caring for [the resident].”

A few days later, Lerwill reportedly contacted the resident’s financial advisors, saying the resident was dying and refused medical treatment, and that Lerwill was his beneficiary.

“Lerwill wanted to know what forms he needed to get ‘his’ money,” the affidavit states.

Suspicious, the financial advisors insisted on a face-to-face meeting with the resident. When they arrived, they said Talley was sitting on the front porch. She told the advisors “what a blessing [the resident] had been in their lives,” and that being a caretaker was “the hardest thing in the world,” the affidavit states.

Additionally, she and Lerwill reportedly told the advisors that they were the resident’s best friends, and that they had been taking good care of him.

However, when the advisors entered the home, they said it smelled foul and discovered Lerwill had turned the water off. The advisors called for an ambulance despite Lerwill’s rejection.

According to the affidavit, EMS responders noticed the resident was in a bed that was covered with “a few days worth” of urine and excrement, wearing only an adult diaper.

He was “a breathing skeleton and in the midst of a heart attack,” the affidavit states.

Lerwill and Talley told the advisors that the resident had given them a verbal DNR (do not resuscitate), and that “it was a spiritual experience watching him die the way he wanted to,” the affidavit states.

Officials said no written DNR was ever located, and family members believe the resident would have wanted palliative care, pain relief, and a more dignified end of his life.

The resident was taken to a hospital, where Lerwill claimed to be his caregiver. Additionally, Lerwill said the resident was “estranged” from his family members, although the resident’s family later said that was not true, the affidavit states.

The resident died of cancer on April 12, 2021. He was also malnourished and dehydrated, the affidavit states.

Lerwill and Talley reportedly tried to have the resident cremated immediately, but the affidavit states a hospital staff member recognized the resident and contacted his family.

“The nephew and nieces responded immediately to the hospital, but [the resident] died a half hour before they arrived,” the affidavit states.

Those family members went to the resident’s home and found that his coin collection, estimated to be worth more than $1 million, was missing. Additionally, his safe had been completely emptied, the affidavit states.

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Greedy son forced wealthy NY philanthropist to walk without cane in ploy to send her to early grave, siblings claim in lawsuit

By David Propper

A greedy son sent his wealthy mother to an early grave with abuse that included forcing her to walk up stairs without her cane – leading to a brutal fall, his older siblings claim.

Jeffrey Cutler, 43, dipped into his philanthropist mother Cecelia’s pricey wine collection at her tony Westchester County mansion and pried a diamond from her ring before he cut his brother and sister out of medical decisions in a quest to keep her $10 million fortune for himself, the steaming siblings claim in an explosive new lawsuit.

But Jeffrey Cutler argues the fiery claims are “all bogus” and he painted his family-turned-plaintiffs — Robert, 45, and Cynthia Triggs, 45, — as the real heartless offspring who are only after mom’s money.

“They allege all sorts of things. None of it is true,” he told The Post while claiming that his siblings didn’t even attend their mom’s funeral.

Cecelia Cutler and her husband Kenneth. Cecelia Cutler and her husband Kenneth. Westchester County

The lawsuit filed this week piles up accusations against Jeffrey, including that he instructed NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester doctors not to intubate the trio’s mother, which resulted in her suffocation and death on April 19, 2022.

A month before, the 82-year-old, who previously ran a charity foundation, landed in the hospital after Jeffrey allegedly “ordered” her to climb a set of stairs in her swanky Bronxville mansion without her cane, causing her to fall and injure her head, the lawsuit states.

“In addition to ignoring her health problems, on information and belief, Defendant Jeffrey physically and verbally abused Decedent, stole various items of her personal property, including jewelry, artwork, and bottles of wine from Decedent’s wine collection,” the lawsuit claims.

Jeffrey initially moved in with his mother and father Kenneth in 2012, according to the claims. Kenneth, a former general counsel and partner at a large investment management firm, died in 2015.

That’s when Jeffrey began receiving a $125,000 spending allowance, the lawsuit alleges. Jeffrey denied the allowance in an interview with The Post this week.

In 2017, Cutler forced his mother to change her will so he collected most of her money, which totaled more than $10 million at the time of her death, the lawsuit alleges. Originally, the three children were supposed to split the inheritance evenly, according to the allegations.

Triggs and Robert, who is a lawyer representing himself and his sister in the suit, were left $100,000 each, according to the suit. Cecelia raised five children with her husband but two predeceased her.

The plaintiffs are seeking as much as $15 million in damages, including their $6.7 million cut of the inheritance.

When Cecelia suffered brain trauma from the alleged stairs incident in March 2022, she was taken to the hospital, where Triggs and Robert discovered a ring she had on was missing the diamond and one of the prongs bent back, and the plaintiffs accused Jeffrey of taking it in their lawsuit.

Their mother’s condition improved after surgery, and she was sent to Sprain Brook Manor, a nursing facility in Scarsdale, though her cognitive abilities were “severely impaired” and she could not answer questions, according to the allegations.

Around the same time, doctors arranged an agreement that Triggs, Robert, and Jeffrey each had to sign off on any medical decision made for their mother, according to legal papers.

But family relations quickly spiraled when Robert petitioned a state court in Westchester on April 7, 2022, to take over as guardian for his ailing mom after he found out about what allegedly led to her fall and the missing diamond, the lawsuit states.

When Jeffrey discovered his brother’s move, he allegedly began to misrepresent himself as his mother’s sole guardian to the nursing home and filled out a form that would end life-sustaining treatment if the situation arose, the suit claims.

After the matriarch suffered a respiratory setback on April 17, 2022, she was moved back to NewYork-Presbyterian and placed on a ventilator, according to the children. When that aid began to falter, Cutler decided against intubating his mother without the other two siblings weighing in, the lawsuit alleges.

NewYork-Presbyterian and Sprain Brook Manor are also defendants in the lawsuit because they “recklessly” followed Jeffrey’s directions at the nursing home and hospital, the suit states.

Sprain Brook declined to comment while NewYork-Presbyterian didn’t return a message seeking comment.

Jeffrey objected to the totality of the lawsuit as he slammed his siblings for allegedly not going to their mother’s or father’s funeral. He also claimed they hadn’t spoken to their mother for 10 years starting in 2012.

Jeffrey said in a recent interview he wasn’t even in the room when his mother fell inside her home, and believes she likely collapsed from an ongoing brain condition. He also said she didn’t use a cane to walk.

He claimed the diamond fell from his mother’s ring at least a month earlier and never turned up — well before she landed in the hospital.

And he also insisted when the form to end life-saving treatment was filled out at the nursing home, a nurse asked his mother, and she mouthed she wanted to “go in peace,” though it’s unclear what her mental capacity was at the time.

“I know I didn’t do anything wrong,” he declared, adding, “My brother hates me” and the lawsuit accusations are “complete nonsense.”

He accused his siblings of being angry over receiving a much smaller inheritance than him.

Jeffrey’s legal team did not return an email seeking comment.

Robert Cutler declined to comment when reached Monday and did not return a text message Tuesday following his brother’s allegations.

Cecelia Cutler was president of the Kenneth and Cecelia B. Cutler Foundation, which supported many charities.

“She was a very caring lady,” Jeffrey said.

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Father and Daughter Charged in Fraud Scheme that Allegedly Exploited a Vulnerable Adult

For Immediate Release

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Defendants Allegedly Stole Victim’s Social Security Benefits

            WASHINGTON – Linda Laird, 59, and her father, James Blizzard, 80, both of Cordova, Maryland, are charged in a five-count indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy to commit Social Security fraud and theft of public money, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult or elderly person, and fraud in the first degree against a senior citizen. The charges were announced today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Daniel W. Lucas, Inspector General for the District of Columbia. The defendants appeared in District Court today and were released pending trial.

            The indictment was returned on April 9, 2024, by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. According to court documents, beginning in November 2017, Laird and Blizzard conspired and engaged in a scheme to deceive the Superior Court of the District of Columbia into appointing them as co-guardians and co-conservators of a vulnerable adult. At the time, the vulnerable adult was 81 years of age and suffered from severe cognitive impairments that rendered her incapacitated and required her to reside in a nursing home located in Washington, D.C. 

            While the vulnerable adult resided in the nursing home, Laird and Blizzard were required, in part, to act as fiduciaries and apply the vulnerable adult’s money towards her support, care, habilitation, and treatment. Instead, the indictment alleges, Laird and Blizzard used their authority as co-guardians and co-conservators to redirect U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits intended for, and checking account funds belonging to, the vulnerable adult to their personal bank accounts for their own benefit. In total, Laird and Blizzard diverted more than $21,000 in Social Security benefits and obtained over $85,000 from the vulnerable adult’s bank account for their personal use. Laird and Blizzard did not use these funds to pay for the vulnerable adult’s care.

            This case is being investigated by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the U.S. Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General, and the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. It is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Facci, on detail from the D.C. Office of the Inspector General.

            An indictment is merely an allegation that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

Updated April 11, 2024

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Limestone County man arrested for home repair fraud, financial exploitation of 92-year-old

By Sarah Broadway

According to court documents, on Wednesday, authorities arrested a Limestone County man after he agreed, and received payment, to repave a 92-year-old’s driveway and didn’t do the repairs.

Court records say 45-year-old Jack Clifford Lovell, Jr., agreed to pave the elderly man’s driveway and was paid $3,600 for the work he allegedly didn’t do in October of last year. Lovell is charged with home repair fraud and financial exploitation of an elderly person in the first degree.

Lovell is being held in the Lauderdale County Jail. His bond has not yet been set.

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