DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – A DeKalb County man convicted of stealing thousands of dollars from his elderly aunt has been sentenced to spend a year behind bars. Thursday, a DeKalb County Superior Court...
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Mar 2022 25
Police said the woman neglected and financially exploited the 81-year-old for months. CONYERS, Ga. — A Conyers woman is accused of taking an elderly woman from Illinois then neglecting her for months ...
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Mar 2022 23
Olunwadamilare Kolaogunbule spent four years creating fake profiles on dating websites, love bombing women to create the appearance of a romantic relationship then asking his victims for money. His pl...
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Jan 2022 18
The Griffin Police Department has arrested a man who claims to be a local pastor and his wife for running an unlicensed personal care home. Investigators said EMS was called out the home along Valley...
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Dec 2021 10
CARROLLTON, Ga. — A Carrollton woman has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from one of her family members. Police say Nicole Danielle Veal, 34, made several withdrawals over the last sev...
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Jun 2021 29
Chris Stearns acted as a caregiver for his grandmother, Wilma, and his father, Donald, so he “got to know the physical and mental challenges caregivers undergo,” he said. Alzheimer’s...
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Jun 2021 23
A bill to improve staffing, training and accountability in Georgia’s senior care homes is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp after the House on Wednesday approved a Senate version of HB 987. The House u...
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Jun 2021 17
Since her sister died in early April, Clarissa Strickland has wrestled with feelings of guilt and anger at how the final weeks at a metro-area assisted living facility played out. Nan Durrett’s health...
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Jun 2021 17
The owner of a 21-bed North Georgia senior care facility was arrested this week on an elder cruelty charge after the Dade County sheriff discovered a single staff member caring for nine residents in s...
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Jun 2021 16
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – Tuesday marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and state leaders want Georgians to know they have a resource should an adult in their life be exploited. “Sometimes they...