Crime & Safety
Wading River Health Care Aide Charged With Stealing From Client
Cops say she used money to pay for tattoos and manicures.
A Wading River health care aide had been charged with stealing from the elderly client she was hired to care for.
Southampton Town detectives arrested Tara E. Clark, 37, of Wading River on Oct. 26 and charged her with stealing over $1000 from an elderly man living in Eastport that she was hired by his family to watch over.
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The investigation, spanning several months, revealed that Clark used the victim's personal bank card and bank account to obtain money to pay for personal expenditures including a tattoo parlor and nail salon, police said.
Clark was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree.
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