Suffolk County Police arrested an Islip Terrace woman and charged her with stealing the identity of her 83-year old grandmother who suffers from dementia.
Elise Sandberg, was taken into custody at her home and has been charged with one count of Grand Larceny 3rd Degree and one count of Identity Theft 1st Degree.
According to police, in early January Sandberg allegedly used her grandmother’s identity to open a credit card account and used the card to pay for Oxycodone prescriptions. Police said Sandberg was allegedly doing this to satisfy a drug habit of approximately 12 pills a day.
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Police also said she used the card to make cash advances, purchase food and pay for other expenses, incurring more than $5,000 in charges over a two-week period.
