Home Health Worker Ripped Off Man With Dementia: Solon Police

SOLON, OH — Police are looking for a home health worker that convinced an elderly patient with dementia to writer her a check for $1,000.

The incident was only reported last Friday, but actually may have occurred in mid-October. The manager of the home health care agency came into the Solon Police Department at about 9 a.m. to say she was suspicious of a former employee.

The manager said that she had asked a 24-year-old employee to fill in for the regular caregiver of a Briarwood Lane resident. The patient suffered from dementia, police reported.

The replacement health worker went to the home and reportedly convinced the man to sign over a $1,000 check in her name.

Police said they have issued a warrant for the caregiver's arrest.

In an unrelated incident on Wednesday, BMW Cleveland, on Kruse Drive, were ripped off by a fake check.

A customer bought tires for his vehicle and wrote what appeared to be a $581 check for the goods. The check bounced because the bank could not locate the listed account.

After a short investigation, it was determined all of the information on the check — the name of the suspect, the driver's license number, and the phone number — were all fictitious. The detective bureau is investigating the theft.

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