April Echols was temporarily working at Austell, Ga.-based Anderson Mill Health and Rehabilitation Center when she allegedly stole from the patients in December.
Police claim that in December, the family of a 68-year-old Lou Gehrig’s disease patient from the center found strange activity on the man’s credit card account. The activity included two $2,000 money orders from Publix and numerous ATM withdrawals, adding up to a grand total of $4,709. While police investigated that incident, another patient reported her credit cards were stolen. Approximately $4,526 of unauthorized transactions were made at Walgreens, QuikTrip and Wal-Mart.
Ms. Echols allegedly also stole the credit card of a third patient, who cancelled the card immediately. The amount of fraudulent purchases made on the third card were not disclosed.
Police charged Ms. Echols with two counts of exploitation of a disabled or elderly person, as well as seven counts of credit card fraud.
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