Heather Weldon, a mother-of-two, is being investigated by authorities after surveillance footage showed her stealing money from 94-year-old Thomas Hendrix’s wallet.
The footage, which was taken on Monday, June 25, shows Weldon and her two children enter Hendrix’s home in Douglas, Georgia. Hendrix, a Navy veteran, lives with a caretaker that was not home at the time.
Surveillance footage from inside of Hendrix’s home shows Weldon’s two children leading Hendrix into another room as Weldon stayed behind, claiming she was going to use the bathroom.
At this time, Weldon can be seen taking money from Hendrix’s wallet before flushing the toilet.
Neil DeLoach, the caretaker that has lived with Hendrix for 10 years, said he was not home when this happened and does not know Weldon.
via WISTV:
“Well, first of all, I didn’t know who they were. I was kind of panicking. I knew Mr. Hendrix didn’t know them. It kind of scared me that I’ve got security cameras all over the property that you can see and they still came right in and you know, very brave. And that’s what scares me about the whole situation, people are just brave,” said DeLoach.
Police say they were able to identify Weldon when she identified herself on Facebook while trying to defend herself:
“I did not steal from him it was all a big misunderstanding. I done spoke with the man and everything is took care of!!,” Weldon wrote in a Facebook comment.
She faces a misdemeanor charge of theft by taking.
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