North Haven police have arrested a caregiver who is accused of stealing from an immobile elderly woman who has dementia and leaving the woman alone for hours at a time.
The victim, a 79-year-old woman, was in need of 24-hour care, according to police, and 24-year-old Mariah Sparks, of West Haven, is accused of leaving the woman alone at home for hours at a time and stealing $6,000 worth of checks from her.
Police said the victim’s conservator noticed the theft after the checks were cashed.
Sparks was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with larceny in the second degree, reckless endangerment, conspiracy and cruelty to persons.
She was held on a $35,000 bond, according to a Facebook post from police.
