It took six jurors lower than an hour Wednesday evening to discover a Harvey man responsible of bilking a lady with Alzheimer's illness out of lots of of hundreds of , leaving her to die with nothing to her identify.
Paul Juarez, 72, was convicted on one depend of exploitation of an individual with infirmities for assuming authorized management of the funds of Marjorie Blake, of Terrytown, and spending greater than $800,000 of her cash on doubtful bills over a six-year interval, Jefferson Parish District Lawyer Paul Connick's Workplace mentioned.
Blake, a retired nurse and divorcée from North Carolina who had no youngsters, died in March 2014 at age 85.
"She died penniless and alone," Assistant District Lawyer Lynn Schiffman, who prosecuted Juarez with Assistant District Lawyer Johnny Carr, advised jurors.
Juarez knew Blake by their West Financial institution church. After Blake was medically deemed unable to make selections for herself resulting from Alzheimer's in 2008, Juarez assumed energy of lawyer for her, Connick's workplace mentioned.
Testimony confirmed that in 2010 Juarez transferred greater than $300,000 from Blake's financial institution to his personal with out clarification, and he additionally made himself and his spouse the unique beneficiaries to Blake's life insurance coverage coverage. Prosecutors mentioned he used her cash to pay a tax invoice in Florida, in a county the place his spouse owned a enterprise.
Juarez refused to permit Ms. Blake's closest relative, a niece who lives in North Carolina, to even go to her aunt, Connick's workplace mentioned. The niece, who was named in Blake's will, contacted her lawyer, who contacted Jefferson Parish authorities, resulting in Juarez's arrest.
Juarez denied exploiting Ms. Blake. His lawyer argued that Ms. Blake made association with Juarez to are inclined to her personal care, and that he was finishing up her needs, Connick's workplace mentioned.
Choose Conn Regan of the 24th Judicial District Court docket is presiding over the case. There has not been a date set for sentencing.
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