DCF worker is nabbed for theft of elderly client

Nov 13, 2009 1 min read

PALM BEACH (AP) – A state Department of Children and Families employee is accused of stealing from an elderly woman with dementia whose case she was assigned to.

Thirty-three-year-old Mindi Marie Berry was arrested Wednesday by Palm Beach Police. The case worker allegedly copied her 85-year-old client’s financial documents and made ATM withdrawals and debit card purchases from the woman’s bank account.

All told, authorities say Berry stole more than $1,500.