Decatur woman indicted for stealing $91,000 from elderly woman
A Decatur woman has been indicted on identity theft charges after investigators say she took $91,000 from an elderly woman.
Melissa Ann Hale, 54, of Decatur, was arrested Tuesday and is being held on a $200,000 bond, according to court records.
There are no hearings set in the case yet.
Hale last year was first accused of bilking a 79-year-old out of tens of thousands of dollars.
Decatur police said that a representative of Morgan County Department of Human Resources filed a report in reference to potential financial exploitation of the victim.
Investigators later determined that 29 checks totaling $91,000 were deposited into Hale’s account without the victim’s knowledge or permission. The withdrawals took place from 2018 through 2021, according to court records.