Woman charged in misuse of disabled man’s money

BOARDMAN — A 42-year-old Youngstown woman faces several charges, accused of using the bank card of a disabled man for whom she was a caretaker to withdraw and pocket money.

Shelly Mastropietro of Cambridge Avenue was charged with misuse of a credit card, forgery and two counts of receiving stolen property. Township police arrested her Wednesday.

Detective Ben Switka said Mastropietro was a caretaker for a disabled township man. She is accused of using his Visa debit card to withdraw money in increments of $300 from the man’s account. The woman had the man’s personal identification number because she would take him to the ATM machine and withdraw money for him.

“He would usually take out $80 or $100,” Switka said. “She took out $300, gave him $80 or $100 and kept the rest.”

Mastropietro also is accused of taking two checks from the victim, writing them out to cash and cashing them.

Police believe she took more than $40,000 from the man.

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