Man sentenced to 7 years prison for pawning stolen items from client in his care

TYLER — A Tyler man was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday for pawning stolen items that he admitted to taking from a dementia patient under his care. According to our news partner KETK, Delbert Simpson Jr., 35, had been caring for a man suffering from Parkinson’s and dementia since February 2018. His family became suspicious in September 2019 when they contacted authorities to document several items in their home were missing. A week later, the daughter called back reporting even more items were missing and they wanted to file an additional report and press charges.