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Nurse Mom's Neglect Kills Developmentally Disabled Daughter At Area Home, DA Says
Nearly a year after a developmentally disabled woman was found dead and wrapped in plastic in a home in the region, her mother has been arrested. Schenectady County residents Amber Geier and her boyfriend Rickey Loika were arrested Thursday, April 18, in the death of Geier’s 24-year-old daughter Skylar Pettit. The young woman, who had Down syndrome and diabetes, was found dead inside her Rotterdam residence on July 31, 2023 following a welfare check requested by her school. Investigators determined that she had been dead for months. “At first both of these people assured police that Skylar…
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Hudson Valley Woman Allegedly Stole Benefits From Teen's Late Father
A Westchester woman is facing charges for allegedly taking in a former teenage inmate, and illegally claiming Social Security benefits after his father died and the kid quit school and moved out. Hawthorne resident Suzanne Pope, 54, has been charged with grand larceny for stealing more than $13,000 in benefits over several months. The felony complaint alleges that in May 2015, Pope and her husband took in a former county jail inmate who was living in the Children’s Village Sanctuary Shelter upon his release from jail. While the teen lived with the Popes, his father died on Sept. 18, 2015, m…