Woodbury Woman Misused Dementia Patient's Social Security: Charges

WOODBURY, MN — A Woodbury woman has been charged with three felonies for allegedly misusing a dementia patient's Social Security income. Sandra Marjorie Petersen receives a dementia patient's Social Security income to pay for full-time nursing care.

Petersen faces up to 25 years in prison and $50,000 in fines if she is convicted, the Woodbury Bulletin reported:

An employee at the Woodbury Health Care Center reported to Woodbury police in January that Petersen missed a number of payments over two years.

The patient receives a monthly total of $1,702 in Social Security income in a joint bank account, which is transferred into a joint account Petersen and the patient share.

The center established a monthly cost of $1,605 in 2015 due to the patient's receipt of medical assistance, leaving the patient with less than $97 remaining each month.

Read much more at the Woodbury Bulletin.

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