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Prosecutor: Woman Steals $150G, Leaves Park Ridge Neighbor, 94, Destitute Prosecutor: Woman Steals $150G, Leaves Park Ridge Neighbor, 94, Destitute
Prosecutor: Woman Steals $150G, Leaves Park Ridge Neighbor, 94, Destitute PARK RIDGE, N.J. – A Park Ridge woman stole $150,000 from her 94-year-old neighbor – using some of the money to build an addition onto her own house -- after getting power of attorney, said authorities who arrested her. Kim Covello, 62, left her neighbor “completely depleted” of funds, forcing her into seeking public assistance, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Covello, who is married and self-employed, got power of attorney for the victim in 2012, Calo said. Over the next three years, the prosecutor said, she “used in excess of $150,000 of the victim’s money for her own …

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