Philadelphia Caregiver Charged in Theft Case

JACKSON, Miss. (Press Release) — A Philadelphia resident has been arrested following indictment for felony exploitation of a vulnerable person, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. 

Tabitha Lynn Warren, 32, of Philadelphia, was arrested today by investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and booked into the Leake County jail.  The arrest followed Warren’s indictment by the Leake County Grand Jury on two counts felony exploitation of a vulnerable person.  

The defendant is accused in the indictment of unauthorized actions involving two credit cards of two separate accounts of the alleged victim for whom she served as a caregiver. If convicted, Warren faces up to 20 years behind bars (10 years on each count).  As with all cases, the charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. 

The case is being investigated by and prosecuted by the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Control Fraud Unit.

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