5 Years in Prison for Stealing Resident's Wedding Ring
A former Slidell nursing home worker who stole the wedding ring off the finger of an incapacitated resident must spend the next five years imprisoned, a St. Tammany Parish judge has decided.
Domenica Thomas, 42, pleaded guilty to charges of simple robbery and theft of assets from an aged person before state Judge Peter Garcia sentenced her Wednesday in Covington.
Simple robbery carries no more than seven years' imprisonment and a possible fine. Depending on the value of what was stolen, theft of assets from an aged person can be punished by both a fine and up to 10 years in prison. Garcia gave Thomas a concurrent five years for each charge.
Thomas has also been accused of stealing from five other residents at the nursing home, and those cases are still pending, said Rick Wood, a spokesman for the parish District Attorney's Office.
Thomas had been an aide at Greenbriar Nursing Home for about nine months before she went into a 71-year-old man's room without permission on Jan. 4 this year. She gave him a glass of water, according to police, and snatched his ring and $10 from him before she left.
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Slidell Nursing Home Worker Gets 5 Years' Prison for Stealing Resident's Wedding Ring
Editor's note: Why do probate court officers who commit the same crime get a pass? Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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