Shelton Woman Accused of Stealing Elderly Orange Woman's Credit Card

Orange police say Lynn Skerlick, 57, of Barry Road in Shelton, is accused of stealing a credit card of an ill elderly woman whom she was entrusted to care for, and racking up $5,573 in unauthorized purchases, police said in a release.

Skerlick surrendered herself at police headquarters after learning of a warrant for her arrest, police said.

The warrant service was the culmination of an investigation that began in September, when police received a complaint that the credit card of a town resident had been compromised, police said.

Officers learned that the owner of the card, a local elderly woman, was ill and residing in a rehab facility when her former home health aide had used her credit card numerous times, usually to buy gas and cigarettes, police said. The total of fraudulent usage was $5,573, police said.

Skerlick was charged with first-degree identity theft, third-degree larceny, third-degree forgery, illegal use of a credit card, criminal impersonation and credit card theft. She was held in lieu of $5,000 bond.