A DeKalb County woman is accused of stealing $40,000 from a 92-year-old man and continuing to use his credit cards after he died, Dunwoody police said Wednesday.
Terry Demetrice Sawyer, 43, of Decatur, has been arrested and charged with financial transaction card fraud, forgery and elder exploitation, all felonies, according to Officer Tim Fecht. She was being held at the DeKalb jail on $30,000 bond, booking records showed.
Sawyer was not affiliated with a home care company and acted as an independent contractor when she was hired to care for the man, according to police.
“During the course of her employment, Sawyer wrote numerous checks to herself from the victim’s checkbook and continued to use the victim’s credit cards after his death,” Fecht said in an emailed statement. “The suspect’s actions led to severe financial loss.”
Investigators believe Sawyer stole around $40,000 from the man, Fecht said.
Anyone who may have also been an alleged victim of Sawyer’s is asked to contact police at 678-382-6914.
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