Times staff
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Feister
NEW PORT RICHEY
A home health nurse went on an $1,838 spending spree with her 86-year-old patient's debit card and stole three of the woman's gold rings and a diamond pendant, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
Because the patient trusted her nurse — Barbara M. Feister, 37 — she asked her to take her debit card and bring her back cash in August. The victim got the cash she requested, a report states, but later got a call from the fraud department at her bank, alerting her to unusual purchases — at a McDonald's, Winn-Dixie, several gas stations. The woman, who lives on Woodbridge Drive in New Port Richey, contacted authorities.
Feister, of 5121 Hemlock Drive in New Port Richey, was arrested Thursday. She is charged with exploitation of the elderly. Feister admitted to the crime, according to the Sheriff's Office. She was released Friday from the Pasco County jail on $5,000 bail.
According to authorities, Feister was employed by Home Helpers when the theft occurred.