Tupelo Nurse’s Aide Arrested For Exploitation

BRENDA SMITH

BRENDA SMITH

PRESS RELEASE

Jackson, MS—A Tupelo resident has been arrested following an indictment for felony exploitation of a vulnerable person, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Brandi Smith, 31, of Tupelo, turned herself in to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Friday following the indictment by a Lee County Grand Jury for one count of Felonious Exploitation of a Vulnerable Person.  The indictment alleges that while Smith was employed as a nurse aide at an assistant living facility in Saltillo, Miss., she obtained over $250 from two residents without authorization and fraudulently converted it to her own use.

If convicted, Smith faces up to 10 years behind bars.  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 Joe Sanderson and prosecuted by Myrick Jackson of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Control Fraud Unit.

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