January 8, 2010
By Chelsea Phua
Placer County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 30-year-old Roseville man they say bilked an 87-year-old Auburn woman of $13,500.
Leron Anthony Stephenson was arrested Wednesday on charges of elder abuse, operating without a contractor's license, grand theft and burglary.
Authorities said Stephenson had cashed six checks from the victim's account that totaled $13,500. Employees at the victim's bank became suspicious and alerted authorities. Deputies contacted the victim, who said she had given Stephenson four blank checks, to be cashed at $500 each, after he had removed trees from her property. She said the work has not been done and she did not know how Stephenson obtained the extra checks.
Authorities said Stephenson endeared himself to the victim by giving her a picture of his family and buying her a plant.
Abridged
SOURCE: SACBEE.COM
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