Saltillo Woman Charged With Exploitation

PRESS RELEASE

Houston, MS–A personal care home operator in Tupelo has been arrested and charged with exploitation of a vulnerable person, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

Demetria Donelson, 44, of Saltillo, turned herself in to authorities at the Lee County jail Tuesday following indictment from a Lee County Grand Jury on one count exploitation of a vulnerable person.   The indictment alleges that Donelson, while operating an unlicensed personal care home in Tupelo, placed her name on a patient’s account and transferred approximately $38,797.00 from the victim’s account to her accounts and then proceeded to spend the money for her own personal use.

Donelson was booked into the Lee County jail and posted a $10,000 bond.  If convicted of the charge, she faces up to 10 years behind bars.  As with all cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Investigation and prosecution of the case is being handled by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Division.

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