Elder Abuse Charges

33-year-old Robert Gregory Holman and his wife 48-year-old Gina Marie Trevino were arrested on September 1 on suspicion of financial elder abuse. The couple is behind bars and faces a host of criminal charges for allegedly taking more $50,000 from an elderly couple in the North County. Both the elderly man and wife are blind and suffer dementia. On Thursday, the Sheriff's officials announced nearly two dozen charges against the caretakers. Those charges include conspiracy, caretaker theft, grand theft auto and credit fraud. According to investigators the victims lost a large part of their life savings, signed over their Cardiff home of 40 years to the suspect and were forced into an Oceanside motel. The caretakers are also suspected of mail fraud to use the elderly couple's identity to purchase several new cars.

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