Home health aide arrested for fraud in Durham County
COUNTY UPDATES IN THE LIVE
CENTER AS WE GET IT. THANK
YOU, MARK.
>> THIS WOMAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE CARING FOR AN ELDERLY
PATIENT IS NOW CHARGED WITH
STEALING FROM HER NEW TONIGHT,
WRAL SPOKE TO THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO DISCOVERED
MORE THAN $5,000 WAS MISSING.
WRAL'S MONICA CASEY SPOKE WITH
THEM ABOUT HOW THIS IS MADE
UP BELOVED MOTHER AND
GRANDMOTHER'S DEATH. SO MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT.
>> KAREN ROGERS, WHO WENT BY
DAWN WAS AN AVID GARDENER, A
FORMER TEACHER AND A DEVOTED
WIFE AND MOTHER. SHE WAS ALSO A
VICTIM OF FRAUD AT THE END OF
HER LIFE, TRACIE DAVIS AND HER
SISTER NICKY RODGERS TOOK CARE
OF THEIR MOTHER AS SHE AGED
IN MAY.
>> HER HEALTH TOOK A SERIOUS
DECLINE AND SHE NEEDED
FULL-TIME CARE. THEY HIRED A
HOME HEALTH AIDE, BETSY LAUREN
ROBERTSON, SOON AFTER
MEDICATION WENT MISSING, I
CALLED FOR A REFILL AND THE
PEOPLE AT THE PHARMACY YOU
SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 15 LEFT.
THERE WERE 30 IN THE BOTTLE
AFTER THEIR MOTHER PASSED AWAY.
THE SISTERS DISCOVERED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF CHECKS
SIGNED TO ROBERTSON. WE WERE SO
HARD TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS
COMFORTABLE IN THE DYING DAYS.
>> AND WE INVITED A SNAKE INTO
OUR OWN. WHAT KIND OF A PERSON?
STEALS FROM SOMEONE ON THEIR
DEATHBED. NORTH CAROLINA
ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN
SAYS UNFORTUNATELY THIS CRIME
IS COMMENT THAT YOU WANT TO
DO IS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COMING
INTO YOUR HOME EVERY DAY IS
SECURE. VALUABLES, PUT THEM IN
A SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX OR IF YOU
ABOUT.
>> A GUN SAFE OR ANYWHERE TO
KEEP IT LOCKED. A DURHAM
COUNTY'S ADULT PROTECTIVE
SERVICES ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS
TO USE THEIR HOTLINE. NO ONE
SUSPECTS THAT ANYTHING WOULD
EVER HAPPEN LIKE THIS IN THEIR
LOVED ONE IN LA. THAT WILLIAMS
IS A SOCIAL WORKER WITH AGING
AND ADULT SERVICES. SHE SAYS
BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE VITAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO CHECK
WHERE FRANCE'S
>> WARM UP.
>> PREVIOUS 86 TODAY MAY HAVE
WORKED FOR DO A CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECK FOR NIKKI AND
TRACY THAT THE TRAIL HAS MADE
THEIR GRIEVING EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT SENTIMENTAL DIAMOND
RINGS. THEIR FATHER GAVE THEIR
MOTHER ARE ALSO GONE. MOST
PEOPLE ARE FINE. MOST PEOPLE
ARE HONEST, BUT
>> DON'T BET ON THAT AND
PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONE IN
DURHAM, MONICA KC WR IT.
IT'S MADDENING. ROBERTSON FACES
8 COUNTS OF OBTAINING PROPERTY
BY FALSE PRETENSE, EXPLOITATION