HOME HEALTH AIDE CONVICTED AFTER TRIAL IN KNIFEPOINT EXTORTION THEFT FROM ELDERLY CLIENT IN PEARL RIVER SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING COMPLEX
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh, II, announced today that Delores Anderson, 60, of the Bronx, New York, was convicted after a one-week jury trial before the Honorable Kevin Russo in the Rockland County Court of five counts of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, class “C” felonies. Sentencing is scheduled for August 27, 2025.
The defendant was employed as a home health care live in aid to a 78-year-old male residing in a senior assisted living complex in Pearl River, NY for approximately 8 months from December of 2022 through August of 2023. On May 5, 2023, the defendant while present in the victim’s home, stole property by inducing the victim to write her personal checks payable to herself. Anderson held a kitchen knife in her hand and threatened the victim, instilling fear in him, that if he did not comply and author these checks she would cause him a physical injury. At knifepoint he wrote and tendered her two checks payable to herself in the amount $4082.00
On July 25, 2023, the defendant while present in the victim’s home did hold the same kitchen knife to the victim’s stomach and demanded that he write 3 more additional checks payable to herself. Two checks were in the amount of $3603.00 and one for $3602.00. The defendant deposited all 5 checks and withdrew a total of $18,972.00 from her account completing the theft of this money from the 78-year-old victim.
District Attorney Walsh said, “We always stand ready to protect our seniors from those who prey on their vulnerabilities. This defendant not only violated a position of trust in this theft but
threatened this elderly victim with a knife in his own home. Our senior citizens can be assured that the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office is committed to protecting them from violence and abuse and will vigorously prosecute any offenders. This conduct will not be tolerated in Rockland County”
The case was investigated by the Town of Orangetown Police Department. Senior Assistant District Attorneys Allyson White and Brittany Richardson did an exceptional job prosecuting the case and advocating for the victim.
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