TRENTON
- Division of Criminal Justice Director
Gregory A. Paw announced that the Division
of Criminal Justice - Office of Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor has charged a Middlesex
County Certified Nurse Assistant with stealing
more than $6,000 and an automobile from
an elderly nursing home patient.
According to Greta Gooden Brown, Insurance
Fraud Prosecutor, Eldora McCall, aka Eldora
Collins, 41, Old Cranbury Road, Cranbury,
Middlesex County, was charged via a State
Grand Jury indictment with two counts of
uttering a forged document, one count of
attempted theft by deception, and one count
of theft by unlawful taking (3rd degree).
If convicted on all charges, McCall faces
up to 20 years in state prison and a fine
of up to $60,000. In addition, the indictment
will be referred to the Department of Health
and Senior Services, which certifies Nurse
Assistants, for appropriate administrative
action.
The indictment alleges that in July, 2004,
McCall, a licensed nurse assistant at Meadow
Lakes Nursing Home located in East Windsor
Township, Mercer County, forged two checks
drawn on the account of an elderly nursing
home resident. The alleged theft totaled
more than $6,000. The investigation also
uncovered evidence that in March, 2005,
McCall allegedly took possession of a 2001
Buick LeSabre from the same nursing home
resident without paying for the vehicle.
Investigator Anthony Iannice and Deputy
Attorney General William Hoyman were assigned
to the investigation.
The indictment, handed up on Feb. 22, is
merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed
innocent of the charges unless and until
proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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