A mother is accused of helping herself to thousands of dollars meant for her special needs daughter, allegedly using those funds for everything from vacations to breast enhancement.

The daughter, now 20, was hit by a car in 2005, a collision which left the bright and active 6-year-old unable to communicate and with the mental functioning of a toddler. She was awarded a settlement of $1.6 million five years later, which was placed into a trust with mother Apryll Sardinha named as executor. Sardinha was the only person with access to the money, all of which was supposed to go towards caring for her daughter.

The family moved from Massachusetts to the Colorado Springs area the following year.

In 2017, Sardinha was charged with misdemeanor neglect for allegedly leaving her daughter all alone in a home without heat to travel out of state. According to an arrest affidavit, a family member discovered the heat had to been cut off due to an unpaid bill. Though the case was later dismissed, the El Paso County Department of Adult Protective Services was notified and began an investigation into the family's finances.

They discovered the $1.6 million was not only gone, but the account was overdrawn by $60.

In October of this year, an arrest warrant was issued for Sardinha on charges of theft and theft from an at-risk person. The arrest affidavit alleges Sardinha spent hundreds of thousands from her daughter's trust on a variety of personal purchases including:

- $99,000 at a Land Rover dealership

- $19,200 at a Mercedes dealership

- $18,400 at a Cabo San Lucas resort

- $5,000 at a liquor store

- $1,200 at Victoria Secret

- $940 at Pikes Peak Harley

- $360 at Center for Plastic Surgery

Investigators say Sardinha also dipped into the trust to pay bills, including nearly $14,000 for DirecTV and more than $20,000 for Mountain View Electric.

According to the affidavit, Sardinha was removed as a trustee in 2018 and has since moved back to Massachusetts. She is currently out on bond.