Police: Caretaker's son steals 'priceless' items from 80-year-old Lake County woman’s home
Posted: 02/08/2013
-
By: Connor Kiesel, newsnet5.com
CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio - A man is under arrest after police say he robbed an 80-year-old Concord Township woman’s home.
Police said Carol Prideaux reported Wednesday that family heirlooms, a silver tea pot and sterling silver cigarette case from the 1700s, items she called “priceless,” had been stolen from her home.
The son of one of Prideaux’s caretakers, Michael Bertone, was identified as a suspect by police. In interviews with officers, Bertone admitted to stealing jewelry and other silver flatware from the home and then selling it to Ohio Gold and Coin on Richmond Street.
Bertone said he took the items about a week and half prior to selling them on Jan. 31. He further admitted he robbed the home while his mother was taking care of Prideaux.
Bertone was arrested and booked into Lake County Jail on one count of Theft.
Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
Lake Co. Headlines
-
Wind machine used to help curb frost
To help curb the effects of the late-May frost expected overnight, grape farmers in Lake and Ashtabula counties are testing a giant solution.
-
Fmr. youth sports chief's sex charges
A former youth softball league commissioner in northeast Ohio has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography and inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl.
-
9-year-old crashes into tree at park
-
Metroparks caring for orphaned bobcat
-
Bald eagle released back into wild
-
Dog rescued from culvert pipe in Mentor
-
Mentor man downloads milestone Apple app
