Brockton Couple Plead Not Guilty in Sharon-Based Elder Abuse Scam

Editor's Note: The following information was provided by the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office. Where arrests are mentioned, they do not indicate conviction. 

A Brockton couple pleaded not guilty at their arraignment Monday in regards to their alleged connection with an elder abuse scam in Sharon. 

Prisca Halaby was indicted on Thursday last week and arrested the following day, accused of stealing more than $130,000 from an elderly Sharon man and his disabled daughter, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney's office. 

Halaby was indicted by the Norfolk County Grand Jury for five counts of larceny of property valued at more than $250 by single scheme from a person over the age of 60 or disabled, two counts of credit card fraud and three counts of identity fraud. Her husband, Dominique Halaby, was indicated for larceny of property valued at more than $250 by single scheme from a person over the age of 60 or disabled. 

The couple pleaded not guilty at their arraignment on Monday afternoon, during which Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor requested that each defendant be held on $100,000 cash bail, arguing that most of the money allegedly stolen has not been located by police and that the couple has some reported ties to the nation of Haiti, according to the DA's office. 

Judge Thomas A. Connors ordered $30,000 cash bail on Prisca and $15,000 on Dominique Halaby, further ordering that they stay away and have no contact with the named victims in the case and that Prisca not be employed as a home health aide while free on bail. 

The couple was ordered to return to Norfolk Superior Court for a pre-trial conference on April 1, according to the DA's office. The maximum penalty on the lead charge for each defendant is 10 years in state prison.