Maria Martin, 38, is charged with larceny from a building, vandalizing property, and permitting abuse on an elder or disabled person, according to Rutland police. She allegedly lived with the elderly Rutland resident under the guise of being a caretaker. When the elderly woman returned home, the locks had been changed, and drug paraphernalia was found around the house.
The facts here outline an incredibly audacious scheme to purchase real jewelry—and hugely expensive jewelry at that—with phony money, which eventually came undone through thorough, tenacious work by Boston police detectives.