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The victim is 79 years old. Dementia has most likely set in, until you have experienced a loved one who has been affected with this terrible condition, you cannot understand how he could have let these thieves do this to him.
The victim is not the one to blame because he was manipulated into this trap. We should all be a little more considerate of our elders when they have been taken advantage of!
The bad part about this story is that it teaches individuals how to go out and prey on the elderly while at the same time any other individual young or old. Greed is the word.

Then next bad part is that the individuals that did this crime did not committe a crime until the point of taking his money out of the bank. This is where the law needs to be changed when an individual attempts this form of stealing, they can be charged with a crime that is punishable. If these two individuals are caught, the times daily needs to put their pictures on the front page in large print so they public can be known to all.
Sounds like the guy lost a $1000 on the Iron Bowl and had to come up with an explaination for his wife. Since he don't carry that much cash he had to take it out of the bank and then cover his tracks. He comes up with this story, drives his wife down to meet these two, waits for a while, they don't show, he's in the clear with the misses.
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Originally posted by Covsomni1:
The bad part about this story is that it teaches individuals how to go out and prey on the elderly while at the same time any other individual young or old. Greed is the word.

Then next bad part is that the individuals that did this crime did not committe a crime until the point of taking his money out of the bank. This is where the law needs to be changed when an individual attempts this form of stealing, they can be charged with a crime that is punishable. If these two individuals are caught, the times daily needs to put their pictures on the front page in large print so they public can be known to all.


There is such a law. And it's a felony if the value of money or property involved is over $100.


§ 38-9-7. Violations; penalties.


(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to abuse, neglect, exploit, or emotionally abuse any protected person. For purposes of this section, residence in a nursing home, mental institution, developmental center for people with an intellectual disability, or other convalescent care facility shall be prima facie evidence that a person is a protected person. Charges of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or emotional abuse may be initiated upon complaints of private individuals, as a result of investigations by social service agencies, or on the direct initiative of law enforcement officials.

§ 38-9-2. Definitions.


For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
...
(17) Protected person. Any person over 18 years of age subject to protection under this chapter or any person, including, but not limited to, persons who are senile, people with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities, or any person over 18 years of age that is mentally or physically incapable of adequately caring for himself or herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others.
I spelled it that way on purpose and it is moron as Bugs always stated. This man just saw an easy way to make some cash and got taken.

My grandparents, who are in their 90's, know of these things and tell me about them all the time. My grandpa has dementia and does not drive because there's no way he could find his way back home if he did. These things go on all the time and are in newspapers. This man can't say that he hadn't heard of something like this before. If he had felt uneasy in the first place, he should have trusted his gut feeling. It would have saved him 1K.
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Originally posted by im4uhonee:
Sounds like the guy lost a $1000 on the Iron Bowl and had to come up with an explaination for his wife. Since he don't carry that much cash he had to take it out of the bank and then cover his tracks. He comes up with this story, drives his wife down to meet these two, waits for a while, they don't show, he's in the clear with the misses.


I see you glass is half full today!
Clemons said the two men never threatened him, but he did feel uneasy.

“I didn’t know if they were armed with a gun or a knife. I had a funny feeling about it, but it was too late and I had to go along with them,” he said.

Clemons parked at his bank on Court Street and the two men got out. One said he was going to get the car and the other said he was going to a nearby sandwich shop.

Clemons said he withdrew more than $1,000 from his savings and drove to the sandwich shop’s parking lot to meet the two men.


They left him alone, all he had to do was go home. He was uneasy but still withdrew his money? Sheesh.
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Originally posted by unclegus:
The victim is 79 years old. Dementia has most likely set in, until you have experienced a loved one who has been affected with this terrible condition, you cannot understand how he could have let these thieves do this to him.
The victim is not the one to blame because he was manipulated into this trap. We should all be a little more considerate of our elders when they have been taken advantage of!



I agree unclegus. We will all be old one day, it's a simple fact of life.
not all older folks are incapable of handling their daily affairs, my mother is 75 and sharp as a tack, brilliant even, so age doesn't really matter, simple fact is this man was placed in a bad position by two scum sucking bottom dweller's and was stolen from, now let's see if FPD can do there part and catch the perp's- go get 'em sassy my friend
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Originally posted by Carol None:
Anyone who has ever bought a lotto ticket is hoping for a get-rich-quick situation. Why psycho analyze this man? He did a brave thing in making himself look foolish while trying to warn others. He should be thanked, not ridiculed.


Yeah, but not many people spend $1,000 on a lotto ticket. There's at least a little difference between gambling on what you know is a game of chance, and handing over $1,000 to a total stranger thinking it's an "investment." I'd feel better about the guy if he had just gone to Tunica and dumped the money into a slot machine.

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