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Senior living facility employee accused of stealing from the elderly Dallas Baring, 38, made purchases totaling around $20,000 using stolen cards, deputies say Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT EXPENSIVE HEADPHONES, A COFFEE MAKER, AND EVEN A LAPTOP -- ALL BILLED TO 95-YEAR-OLD MELVIN GELSTER. BUT, HE DIDN’T BUY THEM. AFTER SPOTTING SEVERAL CHARGES TO AMAZON, GELSTER’S SON, DAN, STARTED INVESTIGATING AND CALLING THE RETAIL GIANT. >> SO, THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME THE FIRST NAME OF DALLAS WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, ALSO WITH AN OMAHA ADDRESS. SARAH: GELSTER FOUND 70 CHARGES TO HIS DAD’S ACCOUNT TOTALING MORE THAN $5,500. SOME, FOR LOCAL UTILITIES. >> BOTH MUD AND OPPD GET A COPY OF THE CHARGE AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO MADE THE CHARGE, AND THAT NAME WAS DALLAS BARING. SARAH: 38-YEAR-OLD DALLAS BARING WAS AN AIDE AT HERITAGE POINT NEAR 168TH AND BLONDO, WHERE GELSTER LIVED. HERITAGE SAYS HE WAS ONTO HER, AND WENT WITH THE FAMILY TO THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WE ARE MANDATORY REPORTERS IN -- >> WE ARE MANDATORY REPORTERS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. WHEN WE WORK WITH VULNERABLE ADULTS, WE HAVE TO BE THEIR ADVOCATES. SARAH: HERITAGE SAYS THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OTHER VICTIMS WITH LOSSES TOTALING $20,000. BARING’S ARREST IS A SHRED OF RELIEF -- BUT A SORE SPOT, TOO. MELVIN GELSTER’S WIFE HAD JUST PASSED, AND HE THOUGHT THE RISING BILLS WERE RELATED TO HER DEATH. >> OUTRAGED I GUESS WOULD BE A GOOD WORD. WHY OR HOW SOMEBODY WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. WHY THEY WOULD TARGET MY PARENTS, AND ALSO WITH MY MOM JUST PASSING, IT KIND OF WAS AN ACCUMULATION OF EVERYTHING. SARAH: BARING FACES FELONY COUNTS OF ABUSE OF A VULNERABLE ADULT AND USING THE VICTIM’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION. DEPUTIES SAY MORE CHARGES ARE PENDING. GELSTER SAYS IT’S A GOOD REMINDER TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE ELDERLY AND WATCH FINANCES CLOSELY. BACK TO YOU. ROB: SARAH, THANKS. NOW -- ANOTHER, MORE DIRECT THEFT. ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, A MAN ROBS A LOCAL KWIK SHOP. AND TONIGHT, WE HAVE YOUR FIRST LOOK AT HIM. IT’S ANOTHER KETV CRIME STOPPERS EXCLUSIVE, AND IT COMES FROM THE KWIK SHOP AT 36TH AND LEAVENWORTH. THE OMAHA POLICE CRIME LAB PULLED UP TO THE SCENE JUST -- IT’S ANOTHER KETV CRIME STOPPERS EXCLUSIVE, AND IT COMES FROM THE KWIK SHOP AT 36TH AND LEAVENWORTH. THE OMAHA POLICE CRIME LAB PULLED UP TO THE SCENE JUST BEFORE 2:00 THE MORNING OF JANUARY 8. WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED JUST MINUTES BEFORE. A CAMERA SPOTS THE GUY WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BEFORE GETTING TO THE STORE, HE PICKS UP SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND. HE’S GOING TO USE THAT TO PROP OPEN THE DOOR OF THE KWIK SHOP. WALKING IN, HE SEES THE CLERK IN ONE OF THE STORE’S AISLES. HE RUSHES OVER TO HER, AND AT GUNPOINT, FORCES HER TO GO TO THE COUNTER AND OPEN THE REGISTER. HE DEMANDS THE BILLS OUT OF THE CASH DRAWER. HE DOESN’T WASTE ANY TIME. IT TAKES LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS FOR HIM TO GET THE MON