Police: Elderly Couple Ripped Off By Home Health Worker, Boyfriend

Images: Annie Marie Ryan, Brad Lee Waldron (Leesburg Police Department)

A Purcellville home health care worker and her boyfriend have been charged with bilking an elderly couple out of more than $3,000, according to the Leesburg police.

Following a joint investigation by the Leesburg Police Department and the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Annie Marie Ryan, 30, and Brad Lee Waldron, 27, were arrested in June for a series of credit card fraud offenses, the Leesburg police said Wednesday. Both suspects were released on bond.

The two law enforcement agencies are asking the public for information on other possible fraud victims. Ryan has worked as a home health care worker in other parts of the area, the Leesburg police said.

The investigation began in May, when an unidentified woman reported to the Leesburg police that $3,022.95 in fraudulent purchases had been charged to the bank account of her 95-year-old parents. The investigation revealed that Ryan had recently been hired as a home health care worker for the victims, the police said.

Ryan was charged with two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses, two counts of credit card fraud and two counts of identity theft. She was arrested June 8 and transported to the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Leesburg, where she was released on a $5,000 secured bond.

Waldron was charged with three counts of identity theft, three counts of credit card fraud and three counts of obtaining money by false pretenses. He was arrested in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., on June 8 and held at the Eastern Regional Jail awaiting extradition. On June 18, Waldron was extradited to Loudoun County, where he was released on bond.

If anyone has any further information, they are asked to contact Leesburg Police Detective Pereira at (703)-771-4546 or LCSO Detective Weiland at 571-258-3247.