Two Charged in Mattoon w/Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person

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Published on March 3 2017 10:29 pm
Last Updated on March 3 2017 10:29 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

Mattoon police arrested 26-year-old Dustin S. Brady of Mattoon Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Brady was charged with the Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person. Police also arrested 23-year-old Jordan A. Schnibben of Mattoon Friday at 2:30 p.m. Schnibben was also charged with the Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person.

Brady and Schnibben both acted as a caregiver for an elderly victim in his eighties. The victim suffers from Dementia. The charges against the two allege that they each drove the victim to a bank on multiple occasions and had the victim sign his own personal checks the suspects had written out to “Cash.” The checks were made out to cash in amounts of $400.00 – $2,000.00 each time. Each suspect allegedly stole several thousand dollars from the man.

They allegedly spent the money on travel expenses, living expenses, cannabis, gasoline and cigarettes.

Both Brady and Schnibben were taken to the Coles County jail.