WHAT A HEEL: Man Robs Blind Woman Blind
John Thomas Windsor, 41, of Costa Mesa, CA, has been arrested on charges of felony residential burglary, caretaker theft of an elder, fraudulently using an access card and three counts of forgery for (allegedly) stealing more than $280,000 from a blind elderly woman suffering from dementia, The Los Angeles Times reports:
According to police, Windsor started living with the 98-year-old woman identified as Edna M., a Newport Beach resident, in 2007 without her knowledge. Windsor's mother was a live-in caretaker for Edna, who was blind, deaf and diagnosed with dementia. When he moved in, Windsor was on parole for domestic violence and fraud in the state of Vermont.
Between August 2007 and December 2008, Windsor made more than $280,000 worth of withdrawals from her bank accounts and purchases on her credit cards, prosecutors said. With Edna's money he bought two cars, a Tiffany & Co. engagement ring for his girlfriend, music albums and a sex swing, they said.
Windsor got Edna to sign over power of attorney to him, though medical physicians later determined she didn't have the mental capacity to do so, police said. Edna died in May 2009 at age 99.
Prosecutors say Windsor had also tried to amend the woman's trust and take out a loan against her home, which had been paid off 50 years earlier.
If convicted, Windsor faces up to 11 years and eight months in prison. He's being held in lieu of $280,000 bail.
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