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  • ‘Cable Guy’ Busted In Repair Call Theft

    July 24, 2012 2:41 PM CHESTERFIELD TWP. (WWJ) – A cable repairman has been arrested after police say he made off with $10,000 in jewelry from a Chesterfield Township home. According to police, the homeowners became suspicious of the “cable guy” who was called to their 25 Mile Road home to fix …

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  • Your home caregiver could be untrained or worse

    Posted: 7/16/2012 7:53:44 AM Updated: 7/16/2012 8:15:01 AM   NEW YORK (WLS) -  A study from Northwestern University finds that agencies that hire caregivers to work with the elderly rarely require or provide training. And, more troubling, many fail to do national criminal background tests or drug …

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  • Elder Abuse: Study Finds Agencies Recruit Dangerous Caregivers

    The Huffington Post  |  By Sara Gates Posted: 07/13/2012 4:39 pm Be careful who you entrust to care for your parents. New research from Northwestern Medicine suggests that many nursing agencies recruit people with no experience to provide in-home care for seniors off Craigslist. The study, published Friday in the Journal …

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  • Plumber Arrested For Stealing From Elderly

    May 15, 2012, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A man is arrested for stealing jewelry and prescription drugs from the elderly. The victims trusted him and willingly let him into their homes. Jared Miller, 20, was arrested Saturday and charged with crimes against at risk adults and …

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  • Victim of attack in Oconee home likely to lose eye; more charges filed

    By WAYNE FORD updated Monday, May 14, 2012 – 10:39pm A 73-year-old woman attacked in her sleep last Friday at her home in Oconee County likely will lose an eye as a result of the brutal assault that crushed the left side of her face, but she …

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  • Campbell police say male nanny molested more than five children

    By Lisa Fernandez lfernandez@mercurynews.com Posted:   03/14/2012 06:06:59 AM PDT Updated:   03/14/2012 10:05:16 PM PDT A 41-year-old Campbell nanny known as “Mr. Johnny” was charged Tuesday with child molestation, in a case where police said he used his position as a caretaker to take …

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  • Nanny arrested for child abuse

    Friday, 02 Mar 2012, 11:10 AM MST LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – A Las Cruces nanny has been arrested on suspicion of negligent child abuse. A couple told police they set up a nanny cam inside their home after jewelry started missing. Las Cruces police …

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  • Sex offender assigned to Alzheimer’s care facility

    by Mike Coffey on April 26, 2011 Michael Gilbert is a registered sex offender convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child (12 year old female) and was released from parole in August 2005. (He was also on federal parole for issuing “false distress signals” – he …

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  • Investigation: Could background check have prevented alleged rape?

    August 12, 2010|By Abbie Boudreau, Scott Zamost and Jessi Joseph CNN Special Investigations Unit A lack of screening of oil spill cleanup workers meant a sex offender got a job, and left him free to rape a colleague according to a Mississippi county sheriff. A …

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  • St. Petersburg Police: Pest control worker stole Rays championship ring

    ST. PETERSBURG — The 2008 Rays Championship ring didn’t have Scott A. Richardson’s name on it, so when a pawn broker asked him how he got it, Richardson said it had been a payment for his extermination work. Richardson was employed as an exterminator, but …

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