ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man has been arrested after police said he convinced an elderly man with dementia that he was the man’s son and used the relationship fraudulently.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that 24-year-old Devontae Dequarius Gaines of Hendersonville has been charged with obtaining property by false pretenses and exploiting a disabled or elderly person.
Police said last October, Gaines convinced a 74-year-old man suffering from dementia that the older man helped raise Gaines when he was a child. The two had never met.
Warrants state that because of the false relationship, Gaines was able to obtain $300 and another $93 in goods and services at a gas station.
It was not known if Gaines has an attorney.
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Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, https://www.citizen-times.com
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