{"id":191143,"date":"2026-05-13T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191143\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:13:13","slug":"pittsburgh-woman-80-charged-with-stealing-over-200k-from-elderly-man-with-dementia-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191143\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh woman, 80, charged with stealing over $200K from elderly man with dementia \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 An 80-year-old Pittsburgh woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing over $200,000 from an incapacitated elderly man with dementia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Susan Larkin, of Garfield, is charged with theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and access device fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to a criminal complaint, the victim formed an online relationship with Larkin in 2023 after relocating to the Pittsburgh area. The victim then moved in with Larkin and was reportedly isolated from his children and family, who were aware of his declining mental state. The alleged theft was discovered in 2025 after the victim moved back in with his son. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Investigators found that Larkin allegedly wrote a check for $220,000 from the victim\u2019s bank account directly to herself and deposited it into her own account. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The criminal complaint further states that Larkin used the victim\u2019s bank account and funds to pay for her personal expenses, providing no benefit to the victim. The total amount of funds allegedly stolen is $223,773.99.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 An 80-year-old Pittsburgh woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing over $200,000 from an incapacitated elderly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[815,8564,1646,8565,6748,4030,2700,2663,2593,8566,31,8567,8568,8569,784,2892,1879,111,6753,8570,457,4037,1021,740,8571,7026,4369,2922,8572,783,557,8573,5541,73,75,74,206,4045,4047,7364,8574,1704,6167,2155,8575,8576,6967,2867],"class_list":["post-191143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-america","tag-apprehended","tag-arrest","tag-auto","tag-automobile","tag-blue","tag-boat","tag-car","tag-cars","tag-classic","tag-crime","tag-crime-scene","tag-crime-scene-background","tag-crime-scene-investigation","tag-criminal","tag-criminal-justice","tag-danger","tag-death","tag-emergency","tag-emergency-services-vehicle","tag-homicide","tag-illuminated","tag-investigation","tag-justice","tag-killing","tag-light","tag-lights","tag-lot","tag-motor","tag-murder","tag-old","tag-parked","tag-parking","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-police","tag-police-car","tag-red","tag-siren","tag-speed","tag-traffic","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-usa","tag-vehicle","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}