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Man Fleeced $40K From Disabled Relative, Bucks Jury Finds Man Fleeced $40K From Disabled Relative, Bucks Jury Finds
Man Fleeced $40K From Disabled Relative, Bucks Jury Finds A Carbon County man who reached in his disabled relative's pocket and stole nearly $40,000 in inheritance money is now facing down a prison term.  Patrick Alderton, a 46-year-old Weatherly resident, was convicted Wednesday, Jan. 11 on multiple felonies related to the scam, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.  Investigators were tipped off in October 2020, when Alderton — then living in Whitehall — was the personal representative for the estate of a relative during a guardianship case, the DA said.  The relative, who lives at a nursing home in Qua…

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