Police investigate Montana woman on suspicion of bilking mom
Lincoln Journal Star
A Montana woman has been cited on suspicion of bilking more than $50,000 from her mother, who lives in a Lincoln nursing home.
No formal charges have been filed against Nancy Hobbs, 66, of Darby, Mont., said Joe Kelly, chief deputy county attorney, but the Lancaster County Attorney's Office has the reports and is reviewing them.
Hobbs, who has power of attorney for her mother, had allegedly quit paying many of the 87-year-old woman's bills, including those from the nursing home and from a pharmacy, said Lincoln Police Investigator Steve Niemeyer.
When the pharmacy threatened to quit providing the woman with her prescriptions, adult protective services was notified.
Adult protective services workers called police, reporting that the woman's bills hadn't been paid since last October. Niemeyer said authorities discovered the 87-year-old woman owed about $14,000 to the pharmacy and about $50,000 to the nursing home.
Investigators suspect Hobbs withdrew $19,444 from her mother's account in February and deposited it in her own account, then took $30,872 in proceeds from an annuity in March and deposited that in her own account, according to police reports.
Nancy Hobbs has an unlisted telephone number and could not be reached for comment.
The Police Department's technical investigations unit is continuing to investigate the case.
A Montana woman has been cited on suspicion of bilking more than $50,000 from her mother, who lives in a Lincoln nursing home.
No formal charges have been filed against Nancy Hobbs, 66, of Darby, Mont., said Joe Kelly, chief deputy county attorney, but the Lancaster County Attorney's Office has the reports and is reviewing them.
Hobbs, who has power of attorney for her mother, had allegedly quit paying many of the 87-year-old woman's bills, including those from the nursing home and from a pharmacy, said Lincoln Police Investigator Steve Niemeyer.
When the pharmacy threatened to quit providing the woman with her prescriptions, adult protective services was notified.
Adult protective services workers called police, reporting that the woman's bills hadn't been paid since last October. Niemeyer said authorities discovered the 87-year-old woman owed about $14,000 to the pharmacy and about $50,000 to the nursing home.
Investigators suspect Hobbs withdrew $19,444 from her mother's account in February and deposited it in her own account, then took $30,872 in proceeds from an annuity in March and deposited that in her own account, according to police reports.
Nancy Hobbs has an unlisted telephone number and could not be reached for comment.
The Police Department's technical investigations unit is continuing to investigate the case.
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