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Editor s Note: This story was updated on Feb. 26 at 2:14 p.m. to note Hatfield was not an employee of Bradley House at the time of the alleged embezzlement.
BRATTLEBORO â A 42-year-old Brattleboro woman stands accused of embezzling $225,000 from the bank accounts of a man in his 80s over the course of four years.
According to court documents, Laura A. Hatfield had power of attorney for the man, which gave her access to his bank account.
From 2013 to 2016, Hatfield conducted more than 300 withdrawals, spending the manâs money on airline tickets to North Carolina, Arizona, Texas and Florida, nearly $6,400 for a rehab clinic in Pennsylvania, and $1,600 for car work. The affidavit filed by Brattleboro Police Det. Sgt. Greg Eaton also notes money spent on hotel rooms, restaurants and trips to area stores, as well as numerous ATM cash withdrawals over the four years
a.c. went off. everything shut down and it s dark. we are on the lower theater which is actually underground. and it was strange. i knew within a few seconds the emergency lights kicked on, so no one was really panicked but you could tell this was going to be a major deal. the staff eventually evacuated the theater. once we got out on broadway, still delight outside, but with the just so many people that have cleared out from not only the theater, but from all the restaurants, the buildings all around. you knew this was something special. jon: we are look, greg, at video of a gap store on 6th avenue. they are closing down. they don t have power. they are going to shut the thing
absolutely respond to any emergencies, but they want to make sure the calls they are getting the calls they are getting are only that. emergencies. you are looking at some of the traffic in new york city where they are trying to negotiate the intersections in this very crowded city without the benefit of traffic lights, and it s not a good situation. you see an ambulance trying to make its way up fifth avenue. greg is with us from the fox news digital desk. how do the folks on the street seem to be taking it. you said you and your wife walked roughly three miles to get home from a movie date that didn t happen. how are the folks in new york city take it? relatively calm. everybody on their cell phones. and, you know, calling whoever.
previously the number was in the 20s. that does not mean individual. one building might be a customer. so this is a significant power outage plaguing new york city at this moment. con-ed goes on to say this is taking place primarily on the west side of manhattan and they will continue to provide updates. this on the 42nd anniversary of the great power blackout of 1977 that hit july 13 of that year. greg eaton is a fox news employee who happened not movie theaters when the power outage struck. it was a little weird. we were at an amc theater near lincoln square on the westside. and the movie hadn t started yet. everything went back.
community and you used to go sit behind the desk and dream. yes. well, you know, i grew up in lansing, michigan. my father worked for general motors for 30 years. my mom worked at the school calf ti cafeteria and i didn t know african-americans could own businesses. so it was two black businessmen in lansing, michigan. joe ferguson and greg eaton who own dealerships and buildings and i was like, i want to be like them. so i got bold one day and i said, look, i want to be like you guys and will you give me a job? and will you mentor me? they decided to mentor me and the first thing did was gave me a job to clean this office building that had seven floors. so i was about 15, 16 years old, so i would go clean the first six floors, but on the seventh floor, that s where the ceo s office was. so i would bust in and pretend