This morning, a Licensed Practical Nurse at a Salisbury retirement community pled guilty to stealing the identity of three elderly patients. At least one patient had Alzheimer’s disease and at least one patient has died since the thefts.
Twenty-seven-year-old Tara Campbell, from Crisfield, pled guilty to one count of theft scheme over $500 and two counts of theft under $500 in Wicomico Circuit Court. Judge Donald Davis sentenced Campbell to 15 years in the Division of Correction, suspend all but 5 years with 5 years supervised probation upon release. Campbell was also ordered to pay back the stolen money as a condition of her probation.
Assistant State’s Attorney Paul Montemuro says while Campbell was an LPN at Mallard Landing between October 2007 and January 2008, she stole identifying information from three elderly patients. Montemuro says Campbell used their identities to apply for credit cards in the patients’ names. Montemuro says Campbell then charged more than $8,000.00 on these credit cards.
Montemuro says the judge went beyond the sentencing guidelines because Campbell had prior theft convictions, she preyed upon the most vulnerable of victims, and she executed a well thought out scheme.
The State’s Attorney’s Office would like to thank former Detective Dana Peterson of the Salisbury Police Department and Trooper First Class Sabrina Metzger of the Wicomico Bureau of Investigation for their exhaustive investigation in this case.
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Isn't that something she gets more time behind bars then all of the guys involved in the landfill scandal. Things certainly don't seem fair. Us the taxpayers are the ones getting the worst sentence
ReplyDeleteUnbelieveable. She should get a sentence like that but so should have Ray Lewis, Kenny Townsend and all the other thieves that had a well thought out scheme to steal nearly a half a million dollars from the county.
ReplyDeleteJustice in Wicomico County is nil.
I DONT SEE ANY OF THIS COMPARING TO THE LANDFILL. Thats a whole different set of morons, but this one takes the cake.
ReplyDeleteThis B**** should go to jail for along time. Her doing this to an older person is like hurting a child, they are defenseless.
Fry the B****.
wasn't Ray Lewis sentenced by a Talbot County judge?
ReplyDeleteAt least she got some time. She's had similar charges placed against her in Somerset County and it seems all along they've been nolle prossed.
ReplyDeleteWOW didn't Mallard Landing and Lakeside just win the Metropolians' Best Of award? Kinda makes you wonder what that award costs. For the folks who want to compare this crime to the landfill, the landfill is suppose to have professional full time oversite, and that is for trash and the associated budget. So I assume those who make that comparision look at our elderly population as trash. Why would someone with a criminal history be caring for a segment of or populations that is most vulnerable? It's, a fact that criminal background checks are required to work at this types of facilities. Does this mean just like you can buy an ad you can buy a license? If there are other folk out there who have experiences this please speak out we must protect those who protected us, I think we called them Mom and Dad.
ReplyDeleteSo Mallard Landing/Lakeside doesn't do background checks before hiring people? What does the information they give out say about their hiring practices? Seems negligent.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see something funny goggle Maryland Judicial Case Search and type in her name. I hope the management at her former place of employment is looking a little closer at the types of folks they are hiring.
ReplyDeleteI can certainly say that Ive known Tara for quite some time,and would never even thought of a mother of 4 stealing from anyone.But I guess I was wrong,I feel sorry for the children who will have to grow up without a mother,in a generation that needs parental support.I am not here to defend her,because what she did is just wrong,we all need to money to survive,but good lord didnt she get enough money from her husband-a member of The United States Navy.I can only imagine how embarassed him and his family must be,guess all those checks werent enough for her!
ReplyDeleteThis lady is listed as a CNA on Board of Nursing website. Is she licensed in another state because she isn't a nurse in MD.
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