A certified Oregon nursing assistant has been charged with stealing the bank cards of two elderly people in her care to go on a spending spree in Washington and Columbia Counties.
Jeanette Lynn Collins (58) of Lafayette was taken into custody by the McMinnville Police Department on July 15 following months of investigation, and after she admitted to the theft and unauthorized use of the debit cards.
The first incident was reported to the Scappoose Police Department in August 2024 concerning the theft of a bank card from a woman while she was a patient at the OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center…