CARETAKER CHARGED WITH STEALING JEWELRYT FROM A 91-YEAR-OLD OCONTO FALLS WOMAN

A caretaker for a ninety-one-year-old Oconto Falls woman is facing felony theft charges after family members reported valuable jewelry missing from the home. 54-year-old Svitlana Yelenchuk of Pulaski is accused of stealing multiple items, including a Rolex watch, a large diamond ring with matching earrings, a silver diamond ring, a basket-style pendant, and a diamond bracelet. According to the criminal complaint, investigators say Yelenchuk sold several of the items at a Green Bay-area pawn shop between July and December. The woman’s family estimates the missing jewelry is worth well over one-hundred-thousand dollars and told authorities they feared additional items stored in the basement may also be missing. The woman’s daughter told investigators she became suspicious after noticing…..

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