Port St. Lucie woman arrested for draining $100K from 85-year-old's accounts

Port St. Lucie woman arrested for draining $100K from 85-year-old's accounts
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Port St. Lucie police arrested Barbara Baumgarten, 60, on Thursday following a months-long investigation into alleged elder exploitation and neglect. Investigators say Baumgarten drained approximately $100,000 from an 85-year-old man's bank accounts and fraudulently listed herself as a co-borrower on a $616,550 mortgage tied to the

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