A health aide was arrested for stealing money from an elderly woman in Nassau County.
According to detectives, Madeline Barranco, 60, was caught on home video surveillance taking a black locked box with money inside.
The 95-year-old victim’s son realized and contacted Nassau police to investigate.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m. on July 11 at the patient’s house in West Hempstead.
After a thorough police investigation, the Bellmore woman was taken into custody.
Barranco was charged with third-degree grand larceny when she was arraigned on Thursday in First District Court in Hempstead.