A Cocoa caregiver is accused of emptying the bank account of an elderly disabled patient she was caring for.Brevard County sheriff’s deputies arrested Teresa Robinson, 47, and charged her with two counts of grand theft from a person 65 and older and one count of exploiting an elderly or disabled person.Detectives said Robinson was the caregiver for a 91-year old woman with Parkinson's disease, a patient who needed around the clock care.Court documents said that two days before Christmas, some of the patient's checks were stolen and cashed. One check was cashed for more than $1,200 and another for almost $2,300.Investigators said Robinson admitted to taking the checks, filling them out, signing and cashing them. She told investigators she was in financial trouble and needed the money.The disabled woman's daughter spotted the missing checks, and said Robinson likely got the checks when the patient was preparing to visit a hairdresser on Christmas Eve.

A Cocoa caregiver is accused of emptying the bank account of an elderly disabled patient she was caring for.

Brevard County sheriff’s deputies arrested Teresa Robinson, 47, and charged her with two counts of grand theft from a person 65 and older and one count of exploiting an elderly or disabled person.


Detectives said Robinson was the caregiver for a 91-year old woman with Parkinson's disease, a patient who needed around the clock care.

Court documents said that two days before Christmas, some of the patient's checks were stolen and cashed. One check was cashed for more than $1,200 and another for almost $2,300.

Investigators said Robinson admitted to taking the checks, filling them out, signing and cashing them. She told investigators she was in financial trouble and needed the money.

The disabled woman's daughter spotted the missing checks, and said Robinson likely got the checks when the patient was preparing to visit a hairdresser on Christmas Eve.