Marcia Leiba of Tamarac, Florida was arrested Wednesday after she was accused of stealing checks from her elderly ward, forging his signature, and cashing them, news sources report. Leiba, 54, was booked into the Broward County Main Jail on charges of petit theft, grand theft, and uttering a false instrument. It is unclear whether she has qualified for a set bail bond. The press did not specify an defense attorney for Leiba.
According to reports, Leiba had been hired to act as a nurse's aide for the elderly victim sometime around February and May of this year. It was not immediately clear at press time who had hired Leiba, or whether she worked alone or for a large business. It is similarly unclear how these charges will affect her ability to continue working as a nurse's aide.
Sometime after Leiba was hired, she allegedly stole around 16 Vanguard Money Market checks from the elderly victim's checkbook. Leiba made all the checks out to "cash" and forged the victim's name on each of them, sources allege. From March to May, Leiba allegedly cashed 13 checks, valued at about $11,265, at Tubby's Drive Thru on West McNab Road in Tamarac. Sources say one of the checks Leiba took to Tubby's bounced, costing the store $2,178. Reports say Leiba cashed around three other checks for approximately $2,320 at different locations; detectives are still attempting to determine where those checks were cashed.
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