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| MAN MILKS MONEY FROM MOTHER |
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WENGNews writes, "SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A MAN THEY SAY SWINDLED OVER $120,000 FROM HIS DISABLED MOTHER. DEPUTIES SAY 60 YEAR OLD MICHAEL GARRETT OF SARASOTA HAD CONTROL OF HIS MOTHER’S MONEY, BUT FAILED TO PAY HER MEDICAL AND HEATH CARE BILLS, AND HE WROTE OUT CHECKS TO HIMSELF. GARRETT REPORTEDLY TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT ALL OF THE MONEY WENT TO HIS MOTHER’S BEST INTERESTS, AND HE WROTE A CHECK TO HIMSELF FOR $25,000, WHICH HE DEPOSITED INTO HIS OWN INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS TO REIMBURSE MONIES HE PAID OUT OF HIS OWN POCKETS, BUT HE COULD NOT PROVE IT. THE REPORT ALSO SAYS INVESTIGATORS REVEALED SEVERAL OF THE BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS GARRETT TOLD THEM HE PAID WITH HIS OWN MONEY WERE IN FACT NOT PAID AT ALL. GARRETT WAS CHARGED TUESDAY WITH FIRST DEGREE GRAND THEFT OF OVER $100,000 DOLLARS. HE WAS RELEASED LATER ON TUESDAY AFTER POSTING $15,000 BAIL. "
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Posted on Mar 20, 2008 06:29am.
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