HAMILTON -- A Hanover Township woman was indicted after Butler County Sheriff's detectives accused her of stealing more than $9,000 from a 78-year-old victim through unauthorized ATM transactions. Sheriff Richard Jones said the investigation began in November when Sheriff's Detective Stevison was assigned a theft report involving the elderly victim. Investigators determined that 33-year-old Kelsey Turner allegedly used the victim's ATM card without permission, making 25 unauthorized transactions over approximately one month. Authorities said a review of bank records, electronic devices and other evidence showed the victim suffered losses exceeding $9,000. The case was presented to a Butler County grand jury, which indicted Turner on June 5 on charges of misuse of a credit card and theft from a person in a protected class. Turner was arrested by Detective Stevison and Butler County Sheriff's deputies and booked into the Butler County Jail. Jones called the allegations especially troubling because they involved an elderly victim. "This is exactly the kind of crime that makes my blood boil. A good person works their whole life, only to be swindled by a lazy lowlife whose only goal is to take from others," Jones said. "We will continue to protect our senior citizens and hold those who prey on them accountable."

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