ROSWELL, Ga. — A metro Atlanta nurse was arrested after being accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from her elderly patients.
According to the Roswell Police Department, Wellstar employee Stephanie Phillips-Siwiec was arrested on Oct. 4 and is facing two counts of felony theft by taking, misdemeanor theft by taking, three counts of elder abuse, three counts of robbery and one count of aggravated battery. Police said the charges reflect the three victims identified so far in the investigation.
Warrants obtained by 11Alive provide more details on the alleged crimes. In one case, on Aug. 28, a woman with dementia was taken to North Fulton Hospital by ambulance after falling. By the time she got back to her retirement home, she noticed three of her rings were missing. There was a yellow gold wedding band, a yellow gold ring in the shape of a tennis racket and a white gold wedding set with two white gold bands, one with a diamond. These rings are valued at $5,800. The woman had on the rings when she was at the hospital getting an X-ray, so her daughter believed that the rings must have been taken by hospital staff or on the ambulance, according to warrants…