Three people from East Price Hill are behind bars and accused of stealing over $100,000 from an 87-year-old woman after befriending her at church and seizing control of her finances, according to Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich.
Pillich claimed the defendants drained the woman’s bank account and abandoned her to live in squalor. The suspects were identified as Thomas Dukes (74), Fray Chaney (23), and Jennifer Smith (46).
All three have been charged with theft from a person in a protected class, identity fraud against a person in a protected class, and telecommunications fraud. Smith also faces another theft charge…