Theft from Elderly Lands a Woman in Prison
Posted/updated on: November 9, 2013 at 5:55 am
ATHENS — A Henderson County woman is going to prison for stealing items from an elderly woman she had been hired to care for. Brandi Ann Melton, 37, of Trinidad, has been sentenced to two ten year prison sentences. They must be served concurrently. Melton and her boyfriend, Brian Fugett, were arrested in the case in August of 2012. The were accused of stealing jewelry, silver flatware and plates from an 84 year old woman. Sheriff’s department investigators say some of the stolen items have been recovered at a pawn shop in Gun Barrel City.
