Caregiver gets two years for theft
Sting - Quanecka Shaquaya Thompson admits stealing from a Cedar Mill resident
Thursday, July 10, 2008
By COREY PAUL The Oregonian
HILLSBORO -- A caregiver at a Cedar Mill assisted living facility was sentenced Wednesday to 25 months in prison after stealing about $500 from an 83-year-old resident.
Quanecka Shaquaya Thompson, 23, pleaded guilty to a felony count of criminal mistreatment and two felony counts of burglary.
Thompson had worked at the Regency Park assisted living facility on Southwest Barnes Road for at least six months before her arrest May 14, said Sgt. David Thompson, spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
One of the burglary charges was enhanced because the victim, Mina Garrison, was in the apartment at the same time as a theft occurred, said Deputy District Attorney Kevin Barton, who is on the Elder Abuse Team, which specializes in these types of cases.
"We put her in a position where if she does this again, the judge will have a lot of flexibility to impose a large amount of prison time against her," Barton said.
Washington County Presiding Judge Thomas W. Kohl ordered Thompson to pay $1,900 in restitution to the resident, for stolen cash and jewelry that remain missing.
Kohl recommended that Quanecka Thompson have no contact with Garrison or any nursing homes during three years of probation after her release from prison.
Thompson, who previously had no criminal record, declined to speak in court Wednesday.
Abridged
SOURCE: Oregon Live
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