Misuse of client’s finances
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - Sault Ste. Marie OPP have laid charges against two females who were foster parents for a 51-year-old female with Down syndrome.
Fifty-three-year-old Donna Matte of Sydenham Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario has been arrested and charged with one count of theft under $5,000.
Thirty-year-old Tiffany Slivinsky of 34 Rooley Lane, Fenwick Township, Goulais River, Ontario has been arrested and charged with one count of theft under $5,000.
It is alleged that the victim, while in the care of Matte between February 2009 and the August 2011, and Slivinsky between September 2011 and December 2012, had income missing and unaccounted for.
It is alleged that the two foster parents were using the victim’s income for personal purchases.
Both accused have been released on a promise to appear for provincial court in Sault Ste. Marie on April 15, 2013.
LOCK IT OR LOSE IT
(Elliot Lake, Ontario) – Once again an officer of the East Algoma OPP in Elliot Lake is investigating a theft from a vehicle.
Sometime between 9:46 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on March 4, 2013 unknown person(s) entered an unlocked vehicle on Brunet Road in Elliot Lake.
The vehicle was searched and money was removed from a purse.