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0:10Glenn, we're going north. This isn't the
0:12way to Mercy.
0:13>> We're not going to Mercy.
0:16>> What do you mean? My appointment's at
0:1810:00. You said they're fixing Route 40.
0:36Glenn,
0:38what are you doing? Where are we going?
0:45That's my phone.
0:47Glenn, give me my phone.
0:50>> 30 years I gave you.
0:53The last 9 months, I pushed this chair.
0:56I'm done pushing it.
0:58>> Glenn,
0:59stop it. You're scaring me.
1:02Glenn!
1:03Glenn!
1:14Glenn!
1:17Help! Somebody help me!
1:21>> [screaming]
1:23>> Help!
1:27NO, WAIT! PLEASE!
1:37>> WRITE IT DOWN, HELEN.
1:39TIME FIRST, then what happened.
2:01>> Honey, what in the world are you doing
2:02out here?
2:04>> My husband left me here.
2:10>> Slow honey, I'm Maybelle Whitlock.
2:12What's your name?
2:14>> [gasps]
2:15>> Helen Gaines.
2:17>> Who can I call, Helen?
2:19Kids? A sister?
2:21>> My folks are gone. We never had kids.
2:24It's just Glenn.
2:26>> How long you been out here?
2:27>> Since 9:12.
2:29Two cars went right by me. He took my
2:31phone. Call my number. 555-4471.
2:40>> Hello?
2:42>> This Helen's husband?
2:43I carry the mail out on Route 9. I've
2:46got your wife here at mile marker 47.
2:48>> Oh, thank god. She left her phone here
2:51at the house.
2:52She had a stroke. She gets confused.
2:54Please, just stay right where you are.
2:56I'm calling the sheriff to come get her.
3:01>> You took it out of my purse, Glenn. You
3:03drove me out here.
3:07>> See, that's what I mean. Just wait
3:09there.
3:14>> I don't think I will.
3:17>> You believe me?
3:19>> Honey, a man who's worried sick doesn't
3:22tell a stranger to wait for the sheriff.
3:24He gets in his car.
3:26Where were you headed?
3:28>> Mercy Neurology. Dr. Anand, 10:00.
3:33>> Mercy Neurology, front desk.
3:36>> I've got Helen Gaines here. She had a
3:3810:00 with Dr. Anand?
3:41>> Her husband called first thing and
3:42canceled. Said she wasn't feeling well.
3:47Dr. Anand can squeeze her in at 1:00.
3:50After that, the next opening is 6 weeks
3:51out. That's past her court date.
3:57>> Court date? We'll be there at 1:00.
3:59Thank you, ma'am.
4:04Mercy's over an hour. We got to go.
4:07>> Shouldn't we wait for the police?
4:10>> And let them hand you back to him?
4:13Miss that doctor? And what's he tell the
4:15court?
4:18>> That I couldn't even show up.
4:26Won't you get in trouble?
4:29>> Probably.
4:34Two cars already drove past you today.
4:36I'm not going to be the third.
4:45>> She hung up on you?
4:47Who was that?
4:49>> Some mail lady on Route 9. She stopped.
4:52>> Glenn, if she tells anybody you left her
4:54out there
4:55>> Let her talk.
4:56Today wasn't a checkup.
4:59It was the court's evaluation for my
5:00guardianship petition. She'd probably
5:03pass.
5:04So, I canceled it.
5:07Stroke patient wheels herself out the
5:09front door,
5:11ends up 3 miles away on Route 9, and the
5:14sheriff has to bring her home.
5:18No judge on Earth says no to that.
5:22>> And if nobody had stopped?
5:243 miles out in that sun?
5:30>> Somebody always stops.
5:33>> Why keep her phone?
5:38>> Every code the bank sends goes to that
5:39phone.
5:41Once I'm her guardian, the court checks
5:43that account every year line by line.
5:45So, whatever moves before the hearing
5:47goes to your company.
5:50Home improvements. She spent it.
5:53>> Vail home design.
5:57>> Now, be quiet.
6:05>> 911, what's your emergency?
6:07>> My wife's gone. She had a stroke, she's
6:09in a wheelchair, she gets confused. I've
6:11been home all morning. I got in the
6:13shower around 9:30, and when I came out,
6:15she was gone, chair and all.
6:19I've looked all over the house and the
6:20yard.
6:21>> Sir, does she have a phone with her?
6:25>> No.
6:27She left it right here on the kitchen
6:28counter.
6:30And a woman just called it.
6:32Says she carries the mail out on Route
6:349, and she's got my wife. Wouldn't tell
6:37me where she's taking her. Please,
6:39hurry.
6:47Keep it on you.
6:48When I call, you type what I tell you.
7:01Ma'am,
7:02step out of the vehicle, please.
7:07We got a report of a vulnerable adult
7:09taken by a woman in a mail vehicle.
7:12>> I picked her up off the side of the
7:13road, Deputy.
7:18>> Helen,
7:19your husband's worried sick about you.
7:21He says you get confused.
7:23>> I'm not confused.
7:25>> He says you wandered off at 9:30 while
7:27he was in the shower.
7:28>> At 9:12, I was already sitting at mile
7:30marker 47. He drove me there. I wrote it
7:34down.
7:38Today is Thursday. We're on Route 9,
7:40heading south. This is May Whitlock. She
7:42carries the mail on this road. I had a
7:4410:00 at Mercy Neurology. My husband
7:47canceled it. The doctor can see me at
7:491:00.
7:54If you want to know whether I'm
7:55confused, Deputy,
7:56let the doctor decide.
8:01>> Put your hands down.
8:03Follow me. I'll get you to Mercy.
8:06I'll let your husband know where you
8:07are.
8:13>> Mrs. Gaines, I'm Dr. Anand. I'll need to
8:16see her alone.
8:18>> I'd like Mae to stay.
8:21>> Is that what you want?
8:24>> Yes.
8:25>> Then she stays.
8:30Do you know why you're here today?
8:32>> My husband said it was a checkup.
8:37>> This is a capacity evaluation.
8:40The court ordered it.
8:42Your husband has asked to become your
8:43guardian. The hearing's a week from
8:45Friday.
8:47>> What court?
8:48I never got anything from a court.
8:53>> The notice came to your house by
8:55certified mail 3 weeks ago. Somebody
8:58signed for it.
9:04>> I carry those green cards every day.
9:07He signed for it, honey, for you.
9:13>> Let's begin. What's today's date?
9:16>> Thursday, October 8th.
9:18>> Draw me a clock. Put the hands at 10:11.
9:25Last question, Helen,
9:27what do you want?
9:32>> 9 months.
9:34Every doctor asked Glenn,
9:36and Glenn answered,
9:37"You're the first one who's asked me."
9:40I'm asking you.
9:42>> [snorts]
9:42>> I want to go home.
9:44To my house, and I want to make my own
9:46decisions.
9:51Memory, judgement, orientation, all
9:53normal. Your mind is perfectly clear.
10:00And what happened to you this morning, I
10:02have to report.
10:03Deputy, you need to hear this.
10:09>> I'm writing this up. Adult Protective
10:11Services will open a case.
10:16>> Helen,
10:17thank god you're okay.
10:23>> You left me at mile 47.
10:26>> She's been like this, Deputy. She makes
10:28up stories.
10:29>> Mr. Gaines, her evaluation today was
10:31completely normal.
10:33>> Today?
10:34>> Where's my phone, Glenn?
10:38>> Honey, it's on the kitchen counter. You
10:40forgot it. I'll give it to you at home.
10:49>> Right now, it's your word against his.
10:53With a guardianship petition in front of
10:55a judge.
10:57I can't arrest him today, and nobody's
10:59putting him out of that house before
11:00your hearing.
11:02But it's on paper now.
11:05>> [snorts]
11:10>> Take me home, May.
11:12>> Back to him?
11:15>> It's my mother's house.
11:17My name is on the deed.
11:19I'm not leaving it to him.
11:24>> Yes, sir.
11:25I know half the route didn't go out. Her
11:28husband called it in?
11:29>> Says I took her suspended.
11:31>> And my retirement? After the
11:33investigation.
11:34Yes, sir.
11:37>> May
11:39I'm so sorry.
11:41>> Don't you dare.
11:43Looks like I've got time on my hands.
11:45I'll take your couch.
11:52>> You said my phone was on the counter.
11:55>> Honey, it was right here. You must have
11:57put it somewhere again.
12:09Helen, this is Tessa, certified aide.
12:13You need somebody with you around the
12:14clock now. The court will want to see
12:15that.
12:17>> Hi, Helen.
12:19We're going to get along just fine.
12:22>> I never asked for anybody.
12:23>> She's got somebody. Me.
12:31Let her stay, honey. Let's see what she
12:33does.
12:36>> No, I don't have that phone.
12:38In person with a photo ID?
12:42The bank texts a code to my phone, or I
12:44walk in with my license.
12:47>> Phone company?
12:48>> Same thing.
12:52Glenn.
12:53My wallet is in your desk drawer. I need
12:55my license.
12:58>> The key's around here somewhere. I'll
12:59find it.
13:02>> Past 4:00 on a Friday, honey. Bank shut
13:05till Monday.
13:09>> Monday, then.
13:22>> Her first day.
13:23Took me all morning to find a mug. She
13:25went straight to his.
13:28>> And she didn't ask him how he takes it.
13:39>> [laughter]
13:40>> Not now, Glenny. She's right in there.
13:57Tessa,
13:58put those back where I can reach them.
14:01>> I just thought they'd be safer up there.
14:03>> In this house, you ask me first.
14:08>> Of course, Helen.
14:29>> [sighs]
14:29>> My glasses, I had them right here last
14:32night.
14:33>> Where do you think you put them, Helen?
14:36Think hard.
14:38>> I put them on the table
14:40next to my notebook,
14:42like I do every night.
14:50>> Oh, Helen, in the freezer? Again?
14:58>> That's the third time since Thursday.
15:15>> They're building a file for the judge,
15:16May.
15:17I'm done waiting for that key.
15:23>> APS asked me to check in. Everything all
15:25right, Mrs. Gaines?
15:28>> Deputy, my wallet and my ID are locked
15:31in my husband's desk. He lost the key on
15:33Friday. I'd like them back.
15:38>> Sure.
15:40Found it this morning, actually.
15:54>> Mrs. Gaines, you had 410,000 from the
15:57farm sale. Thursday at 2:10, 48,000 went
16:00out. Friday, 85. Sunday, 60. 193,000.
16:07>> Went out to who?
16:09>> All to one business. Vail Home Design.
16:19Each one online from your home internet,
16:21confirmed with a code texted to your
16:23phone.
16:26>> I haven't had that phone since Thursday
16:28morning.
16:29My husband took it.
16:32And I've never heard of that company.
16:36>> Then I'm freezing the account and
16:37opening a fraud claim.
16:39>> You're the account holder, ma'am. I can
16:40shut that line off right now.
16:43>> Do it.
16:499:04.
16:50We just crossed the Millbrook bridge.
16:54May, there's a camera on that bridge.
16:57The county put it up last year.
17:03Deputy Pike, it's Helen Gaines. My money
17:06went to a Vail Home Design.
17:08And the Millbrook bridge camera
17:09Thursday, a little after 9:00. Can you
17:11pull it?
17:12>> I'll pull it.
17:13And I'll run that name.
17:27>> Glenn, the transfer didn't
17:29>> She's been to the bank.
17:31Tonight, you write up a contract.
17:33Accessible bathroom remodel.
17:36And an invoice for every payment.
17:38>> For a bathroom?
17:39>> She agreed to it. And she forgot. One
17:42more thing she forgot.
17:49Same as last week. Hands on the bars,
17:52weight through your heels, push.
17:56That's okay. Breathe.
17:58>> [sighs]
18:04>> Friday, I have to talk to a judge.
18:08>> Okay.
18:10>> When that judge is done,
18:12>> [sighs and gasps]
18:13>> I want to be standing.
18:17>> Then let's go again. On three. One, two,
18:20three.
18:26>> [sighs and gasps]
18:28>> Three.
18:30Four.
18:32Five. Okay, sit. Sit.
18:39>> Look at you. Look [laughter] at you.
18:45>> Nine months. That goes in your chart.
18:49This is Glenn Gaines on the Helen Gaines
18:51guardianship.
18:53There was another episode Monday.
18:57Her aide got it on video.
19:01No, she's resting.
19:12May,
19:14you're a federal employee, right?
19:16>> 30 years.
19:18>> Unauthorized passenger.
19:20Half a route sitting in your van. A
19:22complaint that you took a vulnerable
19:23adult.
19:25Your pension starts next month, doesn't
19:26it?
19:28Pack your bags today and I drop the
19:30complaint.
19:34>> I've carried a lot of mail, Mr. Gaines.
19:36Certified letters,
19:38past due notices,
19:40obituaries.
19:42You carry that long, you learn what a
19:44man looks like when he's lying.
19:48I'm not going anywhere.
19:54>> May,
19:55you could lose your pension.
19:58>> And you could lose your house.
20:00Friday, we go together.
20:03>> [clears throat and cough]
20:05>> The guardianship matter of Helen Gaines.
20:08Counsel, go ahead.
20:10>> Mr. Gaines was home all morning.
20:13He told 911 he stepped into the shower
20:16at 9:30.
20:18His wife wheeled herself 3 miles out to
20:21Route 9
20:22and a stranger drove off with her.
20:25And this is Monday morning.
20:32Assigned contract for a bathroom
20:35remodel.
20:36Mrs. Gaines now says money is missing.
20:41>> She approved every dollar, Your Honor.
20:43She just doesn't remember.
20:44>> Mr. Gaines, take the stand.
20:52>> [snorts]
20:54>> 30 years, Your Honor. She gets confused.
20:56I just want to keep her safe.
20:58>> Mrs. Gaines, through your attorney, is
21:00there anything
21:04>> Your Honor, I'd like to speak for
21:05myself.
21:08>> Go ahead, Mrs. Gaines.
21:12>> My husband says I'm confused about time,
21:15so I'd like to ask him about time. Three
21:17questions.
21:18>> Mr. Gaines, you're still under oath.
21:21Answer her.
21:22>> First question,
21:24where was I at 9:30 Thursday morning?
21:27>> You went out the front door, honey. I
21:29was in the shower.
21:33>> 9:12,
21:35Glenn left me at mile 47,
21:38took my phone.
21:41I wrote that on the side of the road.
21:44>> Objection. She could have written that
21:46note anytime.
21:48>> May?
21:54>> Your honor, I took a picture of that
21:56page at 10:44. Nobody had called the
21:58police yet. Nobody told me what to say.
22:07>> Deputy Pike,
22:08the bridge.
22:12>> The Millbrook bridge is a mile from the
22:14Gaines house. Only road from there to
22:16mile 47.
22:18The county's got a plate camera on it.
22:20I got the footage this morning.
22:27Thursday, 9:03 northbound,
22:30passenger seat, a woman in a green
22:32sweater.
22:33Mr. Gaines driving,
22:35passenger seat
22:39>> [sighs]
22:39>> 9:19, same vehicle coming back south.
22:43Passenger seat's empty.
22:45>> [clears throat]
22:50>> You were in the shower, Glenn?
22:53>> I I I went out for gas.
22:54>> the front seat?
23:00Second question,
23:02where was my phone at 10:02 that
23:04afternoon?
23:06>> On the kitchen counter, where you left
23:08it. I've said that all along.
23:11>> You have.
23:12At 11:00 that morning, you told the
23:14police I was missing. At 10:02, somebody
23:17in my kitchen was using my phone to send
23:20$48,000 to Vail Home Design.
23:23For a bathroom I approved?
23:28The bank record, your honor.
23:302:10 p.m.
23:35Your honor, from 12:55 to 2:40, Mrs.
23:38Gaines was in my office. She did not
23:40have a phone.
23:43And at 10:02, Glenn, where were you?
23:47>> Driving to Mercy.
23:49To get you.
23:50>> Then who was in my kitchen?
23:55>> Your honor, Mrs. Gaines agreed to a
23:57bathroom remodel.
23:58>> Your honor, I've slept in that house
24:00eight nights. Nobody's touched one tile
24:03in that bathroom.
24:06>> And Vail Home Design has no contractor's
24:08license.
24:10>> It's registered to a Tessa Vail.
24:16Tessa Vail.
24:18The aide who made this video.
24:20>> [gasps and sighs]
24:22>> Last question.
24:24They say that video shows I put my
24:25glasses in the freezer.
24:28Your honor, could we stop it where the
24:29freezer door opens?
24:38How high is that freezer door, Glenn?
24:41>> I don't know.
24:42>> I do. It's higher than May's head.
24:48Her physical therapy chart, your honor.
24:50Tuesday, first stand, parallel bars, no
24:53assist. The video was made Monday
24:55morning.
24:58On Monday, I had never stood up.
25:01From this chair, I can't reach the top
25:02of that refrigerator.
25:06Somebody else put my glasses there.
25:10>> She handled the money.
25:12She made the video. I never
25:15>> You called me from the car and told me
25:17what to type.
25:19The freezer was your idea.
25:27>> That's enough.
25:30This court will not appoint a guardian
25:31for Helen Gaines. She doesn't need one.
25:34She needed someone to listen to her.
25:37The entire file goes to the district
25:38attorney today.
25:56>> 30 years, Glenn.
25:58You don't have to push this chair
26:00anymore.
26:10>> Glenn Gaines, stand up.
26:12You're under arrest for abandoning a
26:13vulnerable adult, financial
26:15exploitation, and filing a false report.
26:21Mrs. Vale,
26:23fake video, fake invoices, you're
26:25coming, too.
26:45>> Look at you, standing out here like you
26:48own the place.
26:50>> I do own the place.
26:51>> [laughter]
26:54>> Last day. Save your box for last.
26:59>> And the post office?
27:01>> Dropped every bit of it. Full pension.
27:03You?
27:05>> The bank got back what Tessa hadn't
27:06spent.
27:07The judge ordered Glenn to pay the rest.
27:11Divorce is final in the spring.
27:13And they're both waiting on trial.
27:22This is for your boss.
27:23It says what you did out there.
27:29>> Honey, even a thank you needs a stamp.
27:31>> [laughter]
27:34>> Tessa's been telling the DA everything.
27:37That first morning,
27:39she asked Glenn what happens if nobody
27:41stops.
27:42You know what he said?
27:44Somebody always stops.
27:50He was right.
27:52He just never figured the one who
27:54stopped would listen to me.
27:59>> See you around, Helen.

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