Nurse Stole, Pawned Jewelry of Vet's Late Wife: Cops

MERRIMACK, NH - A local woman was arrested last week and held on cash bail after police investigated a report of stolen jewelry by a home care nurse.

Charlotte M. Torres, 24, of Greeley Street in Nashua, was arrested on April 14, 2016, and charged with felony theft by unauthorized taking.

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According to police, Torres was an in-home health care provider working for a Nashua company while tending for an elderly veteran who had been diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s.

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The family, according to Det. Scott Park “grew suspicious of Torres when they were told that she had been seen coming out from a back bedroom in the man's home,” a place where she should not have been.

“Several days later, a significant amount of jewelry had been discovered missing from their deceased mother's collection,” according to Park. “Family members contacted Merrimack Police on Monday April 11, to report the missing items. Through the use of a law enforcement database search, police learned that Torres had pawned and or sold many pieces of jewelry dating back to September 2014.”

Police were able to recover some of the victim’s deceased wife’s jewelry including her diamond wedding ring and band from two separate gold buyers in Nashua. They also recovered some jewelry that had been unaccounted for. Park noted that police were still investigating Torres and were working with the health care firm to track down and speak to all over her assigned cases.

Torres was arrested, arraigned on April 14, and held on $10,000 cash bail.

According to online reports, Torres has been arrested a number of times, including for shoplifting in 2008 in Nashua. In 2014, she as was arrested for simple assault, domestic violence-simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and two counts of simple assault on a police officer. She was also arrested for shoplifting in 2014.