DURHAM, NC (Wednesday, August 13, 2025) – The Durham County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a home health care worker on multiple felony charges, including Exploitation of an Elder/Disabled Adult, following an investigation into fraudulent activity targeting a Durham woman.
In mid-July, the Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the daughter of a Durham woman who reported that several checks were missing from her mother’s checkbook. The daughter discovered that three of the checks had been cashed and that the payee was a former in-home caregiver.
The suspect was identified as Victoria Lowry, 33, of Red Springs, NC. Lowry was employed by Lilies of Hope Health Agency, which is based in Lumberton, NC. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division determined that in addition to the three checks written to Lowry, several bottles of the victim’s prescription medication were also missing from the home…