North Haven police have arrested a 30-year-old home health aide who is accused of stealing several thousands of dollars from an elderly patient.
The daughter of an 84-year-old man contacted police in January when she noticed something amiss with her father’s credit card statements.
The daughter, who has power of attorney for her father, told investigators that she started looking through her father’s credit card statements when he was in the hospital and found dozens of unauthorized charges, police said.
Investigators looked into the report and identified the suspect as Latoya Richardson, a 30-year-old New Haven woman who had served as a home health aide for the victim before he was hospitalized.
Police said she was using the victim’s credit card without permission and charged several thousand dollars worth of items over a two-month period.
Police arrested Richardson on March 3 and she was charged with third-degree larceny and illegal use of a credit card.
She is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on March 19.
