Editor's note: Quote of the Day. When this humble Shark questioned the bonding agent for the Estate of Alice R. Gore about Alice's forged and stolen annuity checks the exchange was as follows:
ProbateShark: It is your responsibility as a lawyer to report these thefts to your insurance company and the law enforcement authorities...
Bonding agent: You don't know the responsibilities of a lawyer...
Editor's note: The above exchanged was memorialized in an email.
Health aide spent $50K on disabled man's credit card, police say
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on December 22, 2015 at 2:45 PM, updated December 22, 2015 at 3:11 PM
MOUNT HOLLY — A Beverly City woman hired to take care of a disabled man racked up more than $50,000 in debt on the man's credit card, authorities said Tuesday.
Maryann Eckman, 59, is charged with one count of theft by deception. (Photo provided)
According to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office, Maryann Eckman, 59, was arrested Monday at the Palmyra home of another client and charged with one count of theft by deception.
Eckman was hired to take care of the disabled man in his Lumberton home, but a family member reported finding large balances totaling $50,068 on multiple credit cards, which had gone unused for "some time," a press release stated.
She remains in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail, she is expected to have a first appearance in Burlington County Superior Court at 3 p.m. Tuesday before Assignment Judge Ronald E. Bookbinder.
Lumberton police, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Financial Crimes Unit, Palymra Police Department the county social service's Adult Protective Unit had a hand in investigating the crime.
Anyone with more information about Eckman is urged to call the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office's Financial Crimes Unit at 609-265-5035.
Michelle Caffrey may be reached at mcaffrey@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ShellyCaffrey. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook.
Maryann Eckman, 59, is charged with one count of theft by deception. (Photo provided) Eckman was hired to take care of the disabled man in his Lumberton home, but a family member reported finding large balances totaling $50,068 on multiple credit cards, which had gone unused for "some time," a press release stated.
She remains in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail, she is expected to have a first appearance in Burlington County Superior Court at 3 p.m. Tuesday before Assignment Judge Ronald E. Bookbinder.
Lumberton police, the Burlington County Prosecutor's Financial Crimes Unit, Palymra Police Department the county social service's Adult Protective Unit had a hand in investigating the crime.
Anyone with more information about Eckman is urged to call the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office's Financial Crimes Unit at 609-265-5035.
Michelle Caffrey may be reached at mcaffrey@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ShellyCaffrey. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook.
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