Hospice caretaker steals over $55,000 from elderly Hanford man, police say

HANFORD, Calif. (KFSN) -- Irais Angel should person helped her clients. But instead, Hanford Police accidental she helped herself to their money.

The 36-year-old is charged with forgery and elder maltreatment involving a South Valley man.

"She was a caretaker for the woman primitively and continued to enactment and instrumentality attraction of the man aft the wife's passing. And during that time, was capable to constitute checks to herself that amounting to implicit $55,000," said Hanford Police Chief Stephanie Huddleston.

The main said the years-long probe progressive detectives, diving into slope information footage and records.

But the lawsuit archetypal developed from the suspicions of different caretaker.

Faith Lewright looked aft the 81-year-old husband, Johnnie.

"Talked to him, went to the bank, recovered retired determination were six oregon 7 much and that's erstwhile we telephone the cops," said Lewright.

The caretaker said this is 1 of the forged checks written by Angel to herself, for $15,000.

Johnnie, a decorated subject veteran, is inactive mourning the nonaccomplishment of his woman and was made adjacent much achy by the betrayal of spot and nonaccomplishment of his hard-earned savings.

"His eyes filled up with water, and I tin archer that his feelings were hurt. Especially with the full circumstance, she was his wife's hospice giver, and helium trusted her with his wife's care. Just to find out, you cognize the adjacent time she's penning herself checks," said Lewright.

Johnnie's recognition union's argumentation does not let the instrumentality of the stolen funds.

So, for now, Lewright continues to attraction for her client, who was wounded by idiosyncratic other who was hired to help.

Police judge determination are different victims retired there. And is inactive an progressive investigation. Anyone with accusation connected the fishy is encouraged to interaction the Hanford Police.

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