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Arrest in Nursing Home Wedding Ring Thefts

(La Porte, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with wedding rings removed from the fingers of some local nursing home residents. Macy Blake, 25, of Michigan City is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with Level 3 Felony Robbery and three counts of Level 6 Felony Theft.

 

According to court documents, she was employed at Miller’s Health and Rehab in La Porte where, over a three week period beginning in January, she allegedly stole four rings from the fingers of three female residents while they slept. One woman, who had not removed her rings for years, woke up to Blake allegedly tugging on the ring of her finger hard enough to cause her finger to bleed.

 

Police said each of the rings was valued at $1,000 or more. Blake allegedly sold them to a pawn shop, telling investigators she needed the money to make ends meet since the nursing home wasn’t giving her enough hours at work.

 

She could face up to 12-years on the Robbery charge and as much as a 30-month sentence on each of the three Theft counts.

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