Protecting seniors from abuse
By Kirk Matthews
It may be difficult to imagine, but elder abuse is a very real crime. That's why the prosecutor's office has established a special team for these kinds of cases.
It's quite possible Joseph Joyce will be prosecuted by the Elder Abuse/Elder Justice unit of the prosecutor's office. He's charged with trying to throw a 62 year old security guard out a 26th floor window. Because the victim is over sixty, the special unit will handle the case. That alleged crime is obvious - but many cases of elder abuse are never revealed.
"You hear of maybe an adult child having custody or having power of attorney over a bank account. That adult child might get into trouble, either gambling problems, drug addiction, something like that to where they start taking money from the parent, therefore leaving the parent high and dry later on," said Spallina.
Spallina says the prosecutors special elder abuse unit will be taking those cases on as well.
SOURCE: kohn2News
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