Duo Face Felony Charges In Theft From Now-Deceased, Dementia-Stricken Man; One Suspect Scored POA & Had Herself Inheriting Victim's House, Assets: DA

In Lake County, California, Lake County News reports:

• Two local women have been charged with grand theft and theft from an elder. Karen Lee Allen, 51, and Wendie Christine McRae, 46, both of Lower Lake, were arrested by a District Attorney's Office investigator on Dec. 15. Both women are charged with felony theft from an elder and grand theft exceeding $400 for activities alleged to have taken place in November 2008, according to court records.

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• Senior Deputy District Attorney Rachel Abelson said the two women are alleged to have been involved with accessing the estate of an elderly man with dementia. McRae was a certified nursing assistant at the hospital where the man was receiving care. Abelson alleged that McRae was getting money from the man while he was still alive.

• Within a month of meeting him, McRae is alleged to have gotten power of attorney and within two months was inheriting from his estate, Abelson said. Abelson said McRae was set to get stocks and a house as part of the inheritance, and between $10,000 and $35,000 in cash.

For more, see Women face charges in case alleging theft from elder.