KINGSHILL — A St. Croix woman who was captured on video stealing $1,000 from her Alzheimer’s Disease-suffering father was charged with fraud and grand larceny, authorities said.
Wanda Reyes, 45, of Estate Profit, was arrested at 9:52 a.m. Thursday and charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, and grand larceny, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Detectives with the Economic Crimes Unit began an investigation into Reyes on August 15, after a complaint was filed with police, according to the VIPD.
“The investigation revealed that Wanda Reyes, knowingly and intentionally defrauded her elderly father, by taking him to Oriental Bank to conduct two separate cash withdrawals totaling $1,000.00, knowing that he suffers from Alzheimer’s and was incapable to provide consent,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.
Detectives with the Economic Crimes Unit executed an arrest warrant for Reyes at her residence in Bethlehem Village, where she was read her Miranda Rights and placed under arrest without incident, according to Dratte.
Reyes was taken to the Wilbur Francis Police Operation Building where she was booked and processed by a VIPD Forensic Technician, police said.
Bail for Reyes was set at $20,000. Unable to post bail, she was remanded to custody of the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility pending an advice-of-rights hearing scheduled for today in Superior Court.
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