Posted on 05/25/2019 5:28:14 PM PDT by simpson96
HUDSON, Fla. — A nursing home employee has been arrested after stealing jewelry, worth more than $20,000, from patients and selling it to pawn shops in Pasco County.
Deputies said Jessica Campbell, 23, stole a ring, two bracelets and a necklace from one of the patients at the Atria Nursing Home in Hudson on May 4.
After stealing the jewelry, all worth $20,000, Campbell sold it at Your Friend Ben's Pawn for $300.
Deputies said this was not the first time Campbell stole from a patient. According to a second arrest report, she stole a necklace with a charm holder, all worth $300, on April 1, and sold it at Estate Pawn.
In both cases, Campbell used a master key, which she had access to as a care staff member, to go inside the patients' apartments despite not having the right to enter.
Campbell was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary, one count of grand theft over $20,000 and two counts of dealing in stolen property on Wednesday, May 22.
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When my Father was in a nursing home my Sister mentioned that for some reason, people steal dentures.
Sure enough, someone stole his. We filed a police report and his insurance company paid for new ones.
Serious sentencing as in years warranted for theft and atrocities against the elderly.
$300 for $20K in property. A poor trade. Hopefully she’ll learn it doesn’t pay after all and turns herself around.
One caught out of millions of criminals.
My husbands grandmother was robbed by her home health care aid. She got fired but no criminal prosecution as they couldn’t really prove anything, I guess.
Dentures, hearing aids, glasses....It’s not just jewelry. Though a lot of times it’s not theft. It’seems that the items have been accidentally knocked into the trash or have been placed in the laundry.
If family is around often enough, these kinds of accidents and/or incidents can be avoided.
I was medical POA for a friend in a nursing home (not a good one). I bought her a pistol safe for about $50 that fit in a drawer. It had a keypad lock (also had a key that I kept) & it had holes in the bottom where it could be bolted to the drawer, which I was prepared to do, but that extreme measure proved unnecessary. She kept her money, paperwork, watch & jewelry, & other items in there that she didn’t want stolen. She would have a CNA get it out of the drawer and put it in her lap, then leave the room. She’d get into the box, lock it back up, then have a CNA put it back in the drawer. The pistol safe was something I recommended to several other families.
Thieves are right down there with rapists and pedophiles.
SPJNK.
Yes but who? Who in their right mind keeps money, Jewels and valuables worth thousands of dollars in a nursing home?
Perhaps the patients would not listen to their families.
Our family members had dementia, so using the lock boxes they had was problematic. But we could and did ask the nursing staff to lock up hearing aids, dentures and/or glasses. The resulting problem was that the staff the next morning would often neglect to take the time to return the items. So we’d track down whatever was missing. Of course, the nurse didn’t always have the items. But we’d sort that out. We had a good relationship with the staff, understood what was doable and what wasn’t, and were happy to help out when needed to get something done. But we had to be there.
Wedding rings are usually the problem. Understandably spouses don’t want to give up wedding jewelry. Insurance is one way to deal with it. Another is to have copies made.
Family members should take ALL valuables and keep them at home. This includes jewelry, money, purses, checks, credit cards, etc. If there is no one to hold the belongings, many homes have safes or the individual can open up a safe deposit box at a local bank. Also, the resident can open up a trust account where the facility is the “bank”.
Smart move!
Good idea. Thanks.
Did she vote for Hillary?
Pawn shops are usually pretty savvy about the value of jewelry. They may have known it was stolen and low-balled her, or just figured her for an idiot. They were as unscrupulous as she, I’d say.
$300 for $20k worth of jewelry? Arrest the fence as well unless he was the one who called the cops.
What a fat idiot. Hopefully, she will be forced to make full restitution and spend some time in jail. How low can you go? I bet she votes LIB, if she votes.
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