Woman Charged w/ Using POA To Rip Off Ailing Elderly Dad Of $98K+ In Life Insurance Cash From Mom's Death; Fails To Turn Over Proceeds To Nursing Home

From the Office of the Monmouth County, New Jersey Prosecutor:

• On April 22, 2010, Lorie Langridge, 47, of Jackson Township, N.J., was arrested by Detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on a complaint charging her with second degree Theft. [...] The investigation revealed that Langridge’s mother died on May 9, 2009, and that at the time of her death Langridge’s mother possessed a life insurance policy and was also receiving a State of New Jersey pension. Langridge’s father was the named beneficiary on both the life insurance policy and the State pension.

• Following Langridge’s mother’s death, two death benefit checks were issued. The first, in the amount of $66,300, was issued by Prudential Financial as a result of the group life insurance policy. The second check, in the amount of $32,549.65, was from the pension system. Both checks were made payable to Langridge’s father, but they were delivered to Langridge because she possessed a power-of-attorney for her father, who is elderly and resides in a nursing home in Monmouth County.

• Langridge’s father was receiving medical benefits through Medicaid as an institutionalized patient. Pursuant to Medicaid rules and regulations, any assets that are generated on behalf of a recipient of Medicaid benefits must be provided to the health care facility so that they can be used to offset the healthcare and living expenses of the recipient. The investigation revealed that Langridge, rather than turning the funds over to the nursing facility, instead deposited the funds into her own personal bank account. The total amount of the theft is approximately $98,849.65.

• The investigation into Langridge’s activities began after Langridge’s brother notified the Wall Township Police Department that some of his father’s funds were missing.

For the Monmouth County Prosecutor's press release, see Jackson Woman Arrested For Theft Of Approximately $98,849.65 From Elderly Father.