Elder Abuse, Financial Elder Abuse, Murder, Bedsores...

It wasn’t until a month after her father died that Linda Magel discovered something awry.

Sifting through boxes of bank statements, she realized $118,000 of her father’s life savings was missing, withdrawn from a Chase Bank branch her father had never stepped foot in.

After a months-long investigation, it became clear that John “Jack” Magel, a Livermore resident who suffered from dementia and early onset Alzheimer’s disease, had been swindled by a bank employee, who made off with a certificate of deposit worth $105,000 and other withdrawals using forged signatures. Magel, who wanted to pass the money to his heirs, died from cancer and Alzheimer’s in March at age 91.
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20150221/livermore-case-points-spotlight-at-elder-abuse



A Grayridge man is in custody after allegedly abusing his mother and holding a gun to her head.

Michael Davis, 40, of Grayridge, was arrested Monday after a domestic assault call to the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department concerning an altercation Davis had with his mother, according to a police report. It was allegedly during that assault Davis had put a gun to her head.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2168904.html



The Prunedale man accused of killing his father and keeping the decomposed body hidden made an initial court appearance, but did not enter a plea to charges of murder and elder abuse.
Defense attorney Scott Erdbacher asked the arraignment of Matthew Roberts, 34, on charges in the death of 70-year-old Jerry Roberts, be continued to March 5. Monterey Superior Court Judge Marla Anderson granted the request. It was not immediately clear if Erdbacher will remain as Roberts' attorney; he told Anderson he was there by special appearance.
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/crime_blog/prunedale-man-charged-with-murder-elder-abuse-in-slaying-of/article_9e61da20-b708-11e4-95c9-9b11c79b937c.html



For some time researchers, including those under the aegis of the U.S. government, have estimated the extent of losses to seniors each year from financial abuse to be $2.9B per year.  A new study by True Link, a private financial services company, concludes that the actual figure is over twelve times previous estimates, or $36.48 billion each year.

What gives the study credibility to me is certainly not that it was sponsored by a financial services organization that wants you to buy its online protection tools. Rather, it’s that according to their report, the design of this survey was guided by recommendations of an expert panel of fraud researchers convened by the Financial Fraud Research Center at the Stanford Center on Longevity.

Every research study I have read on elder abuse, which includes hundreds of pages reflecting years of data collected tells us that most cases of financial elder abuse are not reported.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynrosenblatt/2015/01/29/have-we-grossly-underestimated-the-extent-of-financial-elder-abuse/



A case of alleged elder abuse in west St. Louis County is bringing attention to a problem that experts say is getting worse.

Fifty-six-year-old Timothy Barnes is charged with abusing his 82-year-old mother. Court documents show Barnes is accused of allowing his mother to live in total decay, among mold, feces, and broken glass. Police say she was deprived of food and clean water. And, the documents say she'd been bed-ridden for a year, and hadn't bathed in six months. Those documents also say the victim's other son would try and help, but Barnes would threaten him.

Experts say similar cases of alleged abuse go unreported all the time.

"It can be very devastating, to know that someone is either being treated like that, or has been treated in a manner that is inappropriate," said Donna Jasper, a social worker at the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging in St. Louis County.

Jasper has been in the business for 20 years. While she says abuse cases are 'not the norm,' even one case is too many.

"Primarily when you think about the frail senior adults that are most at risk, and someone can put them in such a situation that would cause them harm," said Jasper.

"They do it because the person is vulnerable, and they're not able to fight back unfortunately," said Mary Schaefer, executive director of the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging.
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/28/elder-abuse-bigger-problem-diffin-martellaro/22498791/



A former social worker with the Alabama Department of Human Resources pleaded guilty Monday to allegations that she abused her elderly, mentally handicapped brother, according to court records.

Yolanda Genean Thurman, 43, entered a blind plea to one count of elder abuse and neglect on the same day jurors gathered to be chosen for her trial.

The plea means Thurman could face as many as 20 years in the penitentiary.

Mobile County deputies arrested Thurman on May 21, 2013, after her brother, 74-year-old Byrd Bunkley Jr., was found covered in bed sores and malnourished while laying in his own feces, according to investigators. Thurman was her brother's caregiver. Bunkley requires round-the-clock care.

Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich said Bunkley's condition was so poor when deputies found him that some of his bedsores required skin grafts.
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2015/02/former_mobile_social_worker_pl.html

Court Cases

Los Angeles County Superior Court Cases

BP 099 211 Conservatorship of Edwina Fuller

BP 118 616 Probate Thelsey L. Fuller

BP 122 665 Thelsey L. Fuller Trust

BP 135 381 Probate Edwina J. Fuller

http://www.lacourt.org/casesummary/ui/

2nd District Court of Appeal

B241450

B241452

http://www.courts.ca.gov/2dca.htm

Proposed Settlement; Thelsey L. Fuller Trust

1.      Robert Fuller and Doris Fuller, will give up their respective shares in the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust.  This will be construed as full satisfaction of the judgment against them [$300,000.00].
           
2.      Their objections against the accounting and the petition to disinherit them will be withdrawn as well as their request for attorney fees. 

The settlement will be presented to the court at the March 23, 2015 hearing.  This settlement would resolve all the issues between the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust and against Doris Fuller and Robert Fuller. 

There would be no further litigation or issues.

This ploy, this so called settlement offer is viewed as an attempt to circumvent the judgement against Robert Fuller and Doris Fuller and owed to the Thelsy L. Fuller Trust.

What this alleged settlement does is shield Robert Fuller and Doris Fuller from any repercussions for their actions, i.e. fraud, undue influence and financial elder abuse against Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller.

That said, once the Trust falls to within $50,000.00 the Trust must be distributed to the beneficiaries.

Re: 7.13. Early Termination of Trusts, Page 18

At this point it makes no difference whether or not Trust assets are expended to collect the $235,000.00 plus interest of $65,000.00  owed to the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust from Doris Fuller and Robert Fuller.

Attorney Teddie J. Randall is alleged to have filed a lien against shares of the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust belonging to principals, Shirley, Sandra and Steven in the amount of $25,000.00 each, for a total of $75,000.00.

    [Attorney Randall was ordered by the Court to collect his fees from Doris and Robert years ago].

It is estimated that the Temporary Successor Trustee, attorney Tala R. Davis's fees for the administration of the Trust will be $50,000.00.

As of this writing, the value of the Trust is estimated to be roughly $210.000.00

Robert has been advised that to make the settlement agreement palatable he and or Doris would need to come up with the money to pay attorney Randall's fees and the fees of Madam Trustee Davis for administration of the Trust.

Doris could borrow $125,000.00 against her house, $75,000.00 to Randall; $50,000.00 to Davis, and keep her house... in order to make a righteous settlement with the Trust and their siblings.

Otherwise, Doris's house must be seized by the Trustee and sold for the full amount of $300,000.00 the amount of the debt owed to the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust.

Now, the Court will make a determination in regards to how much money attorneys Randall and Davis may collect from the Trust.

So, why does it make any difference whether or not the Court makes a determination whether or not Doris Fuller and Robert Fuller will be disinherited from the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust?


"Of all the illegal and illicit enterprises in the world, elder exploitation is among the safest and most profitable."

The Ageing Adult

Stage 8: The Ageing Adult

We return now to the stages. Any time from the late-fifties onwards, awareness may arise that the last main stage of life is approaching. From this point on certain evidences of decline start inevitably to declare themselves: changes in appearance, loss of agility, diminution in energy and initiative; perhaps some feeling of ennui or fatigue around activities – occupational business, child-care, or whatever – that may have been carried on happily enough over many past years. Of course, the onset of these things varies markedly from person to person, and perhaps with profession. Political or business leaders often remain both vigorous and committed to their work, well through their sixties. Many writers or creative artists may also go on producing through the same years, though they may have to find a ‘third period’ style.

However, for one and all in these later years a dilemma increasingly asks for resolution. As age advances, is the best thing simply to give up, more or less gracefully; to resign and prepare oneself for steady decline and death? Or should one fight to retain all the activities of earlier years (as well as the personal appearance that goes with them) as long as conceivably possible? Neither prospect is happy. On the one side there is a decline into second childhood and dependency, a status that modern society, with all its stress on high activity is only too willing to assign to the ageing. On the other, there is an ultimately ridiculous attempt to deny reality. On the one side, despair. On the other, impossible hope.

What is the way out? Here, even more than before, the difference should be noted between a compromise and a synthesis. Faced with the dilemma just described, it will be natural and sensible to strike balances: to lay down or reduce certain burdens, but to remain active in other spheres; to accept ageing appearance but still to groom and dress smartly; and so on. But a true synthesis does not just strike balances: it moves to a higher plane. What is really required, we suggest, is a final synthesis that may shortly be described ascaring acceptance. In this, the strand of giving-up is transmuted to a positive acceptance; acceptance of decline, likely ill-health, and death, as well as acceptance of the manifold happinesses, large or small, that life may bring until its very end. The strand of continuing drive and activity is transmuted into a more gentle and pervasive caring; caring in a giving and not just a feeling sense. In the fullest synthesis the two strands become so fused that each is simply an aspect of the other.

Speaking generally, every synthesis is a transcendence, literally a ‘climbing beyond’. But at this stage there is the possibility of transcendence of quite a new kind, namely, and unlike previous stages, a significant change from the hither-to-settled focus on one’s own immediate society and patch. There is a possibility of going beyond given family, friends, or tribe to an identification with human beings at large, to whatever classes, kinds or nations they may belong. To this may be added a new sense of closer communion with the natural world; with the world of plants, animals, and earth. There may be a lessening of a habitual concern for current affairs in favour of a greater recognition of the deeper processes of time and history. Overall, there may be a feeling of moving beyond one’s separate individuality to a sense of being simply a part of the great whole. Old age offers the last chance for such changes (though this does not mean to say that there cannot have been moves in this direction in earlier years).

In any event, age proffers one potential advantage for all concerned. In the nature of things, age implies some lengthy accumulation of knowledge and experience. Out of it, greater wisdom may grow. Much of the caring for others that may infuse a properly-developed old age will draw upon such a quality. Acting as the holders and purveyors of wisdom is the role of the grandparent in many traditional societies, and one that is in grave danger of being lost in many modern ones. Those in the prime of mature adulthood naturally carry most of the power in societies in their various roles as parents, trainers, executive leaders and mentors. But those in the stage beyond, as grandparents, counsellors, honorary presidents, or simply themselves, can offer something broader and greater. In all these ways then, the final stage need not be a miserable dwindling, but a yet-further evolution or transformation.

http://www.ralphrowbottom.info/the-stages-of-life-a-new-look/

Arrest Casey Kasem's wife

The late, legendary DJ Casey Kasem's daughter Kerri Kasem and family members staged a press conference at Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles Friday to urge the Los Angeles Police Department to arrest Mr. Kasem's widow Jean Kasem.

Jean Kasem removed Mr. Kasem, along with his surgically implanted feeding tube, from a Santa Monica hospital on May 7 and took him to the Seattle area, where he died June 15, 2014. Then she took his body to Montreal and Oslo, where it sat in a freezer for months until he was buried in an unmarked grave shortly before Christmas. "If this isn't a case of elder abuse, I don't know what is," said Kerri Kasem attorney Martha Patterson. "It's equivalent to taking a baby out of an incubator."

"[Jean Kasem] took Casey on a five-day odyssey," private investigator Logan Clarke told THR. "They ran out of food, bought a six-pack of Ensure at a drugstore, poured it into the feeding machine, and jammed it -- and they're saying this woman didn't kill him? The nurse in the car took pictures of his colostomy bag full of blood. The cops have all the evidence. Belle Chen at the DA office told me she'd love to have a crack at this case. LAPD should be ashamed."

Read the entire article: 
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/casey-kasems-daughter-demands-lapd-768770

To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients

Lillian Palermo tried to prepare for the worst possibilities of aging. An insurance executive with a Ph.D. in psychology and a love of ballroom dancing, she arranged for her power of attorney and health care proxy to go to her husband, Dino, eight years her junior, if she became incapacitated. And in her 80s, she did.

Mr. Palermo, who was the lead singer in a Midtown nightclub in the 1960s when her elegant tango first caught his eye, now regularly rolls his wife’s wheelchair to the piano at the Catholic nursing home in Manhattan where she ended up in 2010 as dementia, falls and surgical complications took their toll. He sings her favorite songs, feeds her home-cooked Italian food, and pays a private aide to be there when he cannot.

But one day last summer, after he disputed nursing home bills that had suddenly doubled Mrs. Palermo’s copays, and complained about inexperienced employees who dropped his wife on the floor, Mr. Palermo was shocked to find a six-page legal document waiting on her bed.

It was a guardianship petition filed by the nursing home, Mary Manning Walsh, asking the court to give a stranger full legal power over Mrs. Palermo, now 90, and complete control of her MONEY!

Read the article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/nyregion/to-collect-debts-nursing-home-seizing-control-over-patients.html

Police visit Richard Simmons amid elder abuse allegations

Veteran fitness guru Richard Simmons had unexpected visitors on Friday night after police officers stopped by his Hollywood Hills home to investigate allegations of elder abuse.

http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2015/01/26/police-visit-richard-simmons-amid-elder-abuse-allegations/

http://www.tmz.com/2015/01/24/richard-simmons-abuse-missing-investigation-depressed-home/

Ex-cop gets jail; Father, daughter charged 60 counts; Happy ending?

Ex-Pinole cop gets jail time for bankruptcy fraud in elder abuse case

HAYWARD -- A former Pinole police officer accused of tricking an elderly Pleasanton neighbor into leaving him her estate was sentenced Wednesday to 66 days in jail and five years felony probation.

"You did everything you could to get your mitts on what Ms. Jones had," Judge Michael Gaffey told Matthew Messier, who had been second-in-command on the Pinole police force before his 2012 retirement while under police investigation.

"Instead of being a law enforcement officer, you are now a felon," Gaffey said.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_27366209/ex-pinole-cop-gets-jail-time-bankruptcy-fraud

Danville Father, Daughter Accused of Cheating Seniors Face Elder Abuse, Money Laundering Charges

Each defendant is charged with 60 felony counts, including financial elder abuse, burglary, forgery, conspiracy and money laundering.

The owners of a home improvement company accused of ripping off dozens of seniors by selling them customized showers based on bogus claims are scheduled to make their initial court appearances Wednesday in Riverside.

http://patch.com/california/sanramon/danville-father-daughter-accused-cheating-seniors-face-elder-abuse-money-laundering-charges

Thompson Falls man convicted of elder abuse

SUPERIOR – It’s difficult to call it a happy ending, but when Ben Poat died in August, he got to do it in his own home.

That was all he wanted.

On Thursday, the man who authorities said took advantage of the 84-year-old to obtain ownership of Poat’s property, vehicles and control of his money, was convicted in Mineral County District Court.

A jury found Daryl Enos Strang of Thompson Falls guilty of two felonies: Purposely or knowingly abusing or neglecting a victim, and exploitation of an elderly person resulting in losses in excess of $25,000.

$142,000 was drained out of Poat’s bank account over the course of a year.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/thompson-falls-man-convicted-of-elder-abuse-in-superior-case/article_6878d783-f5e0-5280-be31-ae5a0f8b988f.html

Woman charged; Plea deal reached; Elder abuse arrest

Woman Charged
A woman faces charges of elder abuse and theft after prosecutors say she took nearly $50,000 in cash and property… 
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/01/12/woman-charged-elder-abuse-theft/21645243/


Plea Deal Reached
Two nurse’s aides pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor battery of an elderly woman at a long-term care facility… 
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2015/01/09/plea-deal-reached-in-elder-abuse-case/a7eimsn/


Elder Abuse Arrest
Twin Peaks sheriff's deputies arrested 47-year-old Lake Arrowhead resident Isabelle Rose Flores (aka Isabelle Rose Pinkston) for alleged elder abuse after an alleged argument [assault] sent an elderly man to the hospital with a fractured bone…
http://alpenhornnews.com/elder-abuse-arrest-p5662-1.htm

Woman accused of stealing from parents; Embezzlement charges; MONEY! GREED!

Agents with the S.C. Law Enforcement Division arrested a Fort Mill woman Thursday on accusations that she stole nearly $30,000 from her parents' checking account.

Amy Adams Baker, 49, of Baxter Village was charged with two counts of forgery, a felony that carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison...

www.heraldonline.com/2015/01/09/6687674_sled-arrests-fort-mill-woman-accused.html


Elder abuse, embezzlement charges filed against piano shop owner



After a months-long investigation, criminal charges have been filed by the District Attorney's Office against a Bird Rock merchant whose business practices have been called into question.

“There are 14 felony counts that I have filed against Peter Schroeder. Five are financial elder abuse, and the balance are either embezzlement or grand theft,” said Paul Greenwood of the DA’s office.

http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/26228173/article-Elder-abuse--embezzlement-charges-filed-against-piano-shop-owner

MONEY! GREED!



The tiny, frail senior sits on her bed in a sparse room, hungry, lonely and confused.

Her adult son yelled at the woman today and ordered her to stay in her room with no supper.

Although it’s her own home, she is too afraid to come out.

So she sits there, alone. And she cries.

Elder abuse.

It’s happening now, in your city, your town, even on your street.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/01/04/money-greed-usually-at-heart-of-elder-abuse

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2015/01/09/6687674_sled-arrests-fort-mill-woman-accused.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy

Attorney Charged With Murdering His 88-Year-Old Mother

WBTV: Son may have killed mother to cover up thefts

William Henry Yongue

The 88-year-old woman who police say was shot to death by her son Monday at an east Charlotte home was a longtime educator who was part of a Duke University documentary on the Jim Crow era of the South.

And the man accused of killing her was a practicing attorney in Virginia who, according to Observer media partner WBTV, may have killed her to cover up that he had taken MONEY! from her.

Imogene Yongue was found dead Monday afternoon at a single-story home in the 6100 block of Vernedale Road, off Sharon Amity Road, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. They responded after receiving a call about the woman’s welfare, police said.

The woman’s 56-year-old son, William Henry Yongue, was at the home, police said. After questioning him for several hours, detectives charged the man with first-degree murder.

Read more...

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/12/24/5405567/wbtv-charlotte-woman-killed-for.html#storylink=cpy

Elder Abuse News

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced that a man has been charged with robbing an elderly victim multiple times over the course of several months.

Robert Amonette faces one count of armed robbery and 28 counts of robbery, all felonies, after authorities say he repeatedly robbed an 86-year-old, forcing the victim to provide cash and withdraw money from a bank account.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Amonette knew his victim. The victim would leave home each day for a walk around the neighborhood and attempt to avoid Amonette, but Amonette would locate and follow the victim. Amonette would then drive the victim to a bank to withdraw cash. In one incident, Amonette was allegedly armed with a handgun.

http://wishtv.com/2014/12/17/man-charged-with-multiple-robberies-of-elderly-victim/

ROCKLIN (CBS13) – A Sacramento woman is facing elder abuse charges after she allegedly bought hundreds of dollars worth of stuff using a stolen identity.

Rocklin Police say that a 74-year-old victim reported that numerous unauthorized online purchases had been made from his bank account. A total of $760 worth of items was bought, police say.

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/12/18/woman-23-accused-of-identity-theft-elder-abuse-of-rocklin-man/

UNION, W.Va. -- A Monroe County jury has ordered a woman to pay $325,000 in damages in an elder abuse case.

The circuit court jury found Betty B. Brown liable for fraud, conversion, unjust enrichment and breach of fiduciary duties. Jurors awarded 98-year-old Isadora Beavers $151,777 in compensatory damages and $175,000 in punitive damages.

http://www.wchstv.com/news/features/eyewitness-news/stories/WV-Woman-To-Pay-325-000-Damages-In-Elder-Abuse-Case-64449.shtml#.VJbwqsAOA

The live-in caregiver of an elderly East Frankford woman was being held on assault charges after the woman in her care was found starving, covered in filth, and suffering from festering, maggot-infested sores.

She later died in what city prosecutors Monday called one of the most horrific cases of elder abuse their office has ever seen, and prosecutors are now weighing a murder charge.

http://articles.philly.com/2014-11-26/news/56459837_1_trash-bags-elder-abuse-east-frankford

Thelsey S. (sic) Fuller Trust; Thelsey L. Fuller Trust

Madam Successor Trustee, Tala R. Davis

CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PLEASE RESIGN
by Monica Post

03 December 2014

Tala R. Davis 
Successor Trustee Thelsey L. Fuller Trust
Law Offices of Tala R. Davis 
3681 Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90016

Re: Thelsey L. Fuller Trust – Conflict of Interest, Please Resign

Madam Trustee,

This is to inform you that there is a conflict of interest between you, Atty. Teddie J. Randall and the beneficiaries of the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust.

As you know I have made it abundantly clear that there is an ongoing complaint against Atty. Teddie J. Randall with the State Bar of California - Inquiry #14-18164.

Before you were named Successor Trustee it was made known to Atty. Teddie J. Randall and Mr. Steven Fuller that your appointment as Successor Trustee was opposed because of your ties to Atty. Teddie J.Randall, his office and the pending complaint against him with the Bar.

Now, some of your actions have been to the detriment of the Trust and the Trust beneficiaries.

The beneficiaries were not given adequate time to inventory the contents of the former Trust asset located at 8625 S. 12th Ave.

But, instead the antiques and the contents were removed from the residence without being appraised, inventoried and or sorted through by the Trust beneficiaries. 

Also, you are billing the Trust as an attorney at $350.00 per hour instead of the standard $150.00 per hour as a trustee. You are seeking over $21,000.00 in compensation for administration of the Trust thus far, which is overly excessive. 

Furthermore, the beneficiaries believe that you are using the proceeds from the sale of the Trust assets as an avenue to enrich yourself and or as retaliation for the complaint filed with the Bar against Atty. Teddie J. Randall.

The beneficiaries have agreed and have previously asked that you close out the Trust to prevent the further siphoning off of the sale proceeds from the Trust assets by you and or anyone else, which you refuse to perform but, make excuses instead.

Therefore, it is requested that you render your resignation immediately.

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To: Tala R. Davis, Successor Trustee, Thelsey S. Fuller (sic) Trust

Fax No: 1.323.284.6985

Date: 05 December 2014

Re: Disposition of Remaining Trust Estate

Madam Successor Trustee,

In accordance with the provisions of the Thelsey S. Fuller (sic) Trust:

Section 5.3 Disposition of Remaining Trust Estate:

"5.3 Disposition of Remaining Trust Estate.  On the settlor’s death, the remaining trust estate shall be disposed as follows:

(a) If any of the children of the settlor survive him, the trustee shall divide the trust property into as many shares of equal market value as are necessary to create one share for each of the settlor’s children who survive him and one share for each of the settlor’s children who predecease him but who leave issue surviving him.  The trustee shall distribute one share OUTRIGHT to each of the settlor’s surviving children."

Therefore, distribute immediately to the beneficiaries their shares of the trust i.e. the proceeds from the sale of the Trust real estate assets.

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Madam Trustee,

Again, according to the Trust document the Trust assets were to be distributed to the Trust beneficiaries "outright" upon the Settlor's death, that did not happen.

As you know the Trust asset located at 1916 N. Belhaven Ave. was ordered sold by Court order, no such order was given by the Court in relation to 8625 S. 12th Ave.

How is it that you came to list and sell the Trust asset known as 8625 S. 12th Ave. Inglewood, CA. without the consent or input of the Trust beneficiaries let alone the fact that you have refused to carry out the wishes of the Trust Settlor, Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller (deceased)?

But, instead you appear and is alleged that you have carried out the designs of yourself, Atty. Teddie Randall and Mr. Steven Fuller*, which is in direct opposition and conflict with the wishes of the Settlor, Mr. Thelsey L. Fuller and the Trust beneficiaries.

Simply put, by what authority were you authorized to sell the Trust asset known as 8625 S. 12th Ave.?

It is noted that you continue to fail to respond to telephone calls, emails and faxes in connection with the several request that have been made to you in regards to the Trust.

The Trust was not designed so that you or anyone else could enrich yourselves to the detriment of the Trust  or its beneficiaries.

*It is known among the beneficiaries that it was always Steven Fuller's desire to sell the Trust assets and that is exactly what transpired.

http://benamarine.blogspot.com/2014/05/conspiracy-to-sell-trust-assets-below.html

http://benamarine.blogspot.com/2014/05/complaints-against-attorneys-lasc.html

http://benamarine.blogspot.com/2014/05/plot-to-remove-atty-patrick-j-barnitt.html

Casey Kasem elder abuse case submitted to D.A.

The saga involving Casey Kasem’s unburied body continues.

http://pagesix.com/2014/12/02/casey-kasem-elder-abuse-case-submitted-to-d-a/

[snip]
"The saga involving Casey Kasem’s unburied body continues.

It’s been nearly six months since Casey’s death and the Los Angles Police Department has finally submitted its elder abuse case to the district attorney, reports TMZ.

The investigation, which was launched by Casey’s children, targets the late television legend’s widow,Jean Kasem.

The report claims Jean neglected her ailing husband in his last months, which caused infected bed sores, which may have contributed to his death."

Widows & Orphans

The Trust is moot all of the assets have been sold!

The Successor Trustee refuses to distribute the proceeds of the Thelsey L. Fuller Trust to the Trust beneficiaries as requested but, instead appears to be drawing out the proceeding in order to siphon off the Trust monies in excessive legal and trustee fees.

The beneficiaries have informed the Successor Trustee, Tala R. Davis, to render her resignation immediately.

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Case Summary

CASE SUMMARY Case Number:  BP122665 THELSEY L. FULLER TRUST DATED JULY 23, 2008 Filing Date:  05/18/2010 Case Type:  Trust Proceedings (General Jurisdiction) Status:  Pending Future Hearings  01/06/2015 at 10:00 am in department 11 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 MOTION - ATTORNEY FEES 01/08/2015 at 08:30 am in department 11 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Compel Accounting 01/08/2015 at 08:30 am in department 11 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 ALLOWANCE OF FEES 01/08/2015 at 08:30 am in department 11 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 DETRM ENTITLEMENT TO ESTATE 03/23/2015 at 08:30 am in department 11 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 FINAL ACCOUNT & FEES 10/20/2015 at 08:30 am in department 11 at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - PROBATE(RE: SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE'S ACCNTG) Documents Filed | Proceeding Information Parties ARNOLD SANDRA - Petitioner BARNITT PATRICK - Petitioner BARRINGTON BETTY G. ESQ. - Attorney for Petitioner BURRELL SYBIL YVONNE ESQ. - Attorney for Petitioner DAVIS TALA R. ESQ - Petitioner in Pro Per FITZGERALD JEANNE M. - Attorney for Trustee FULLER DORIS - Respondent FULLER ROBERT - Respondent FULLER STEVEN - Petitioner FULLER THELSEY L. - Subject Person HUTCHINSON ROBERT F. - Probate Referee IN PRO PER - Attorney for Petitioner LAK DANIEL K. - Attorney for Respondent OLDMAN MARSHAL A. ESQ. - Attorney for Respondent RANDALL TEDDIE J. ESQ. - Attorney for Petitioner RITCHEY SHIRLEY - Petitioner SUPERIOR COURT - Court U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY - Surety Company Case Information | Party Information | Proceeding Information Documents Filed (Filing dates listed in descending order) Click on any of the below link(s) to see documents filed on or before the date indicated: 06/19/2014   02/03/2014   05/20/2011    12/02/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 12/01/2014 MOTION - ATTORNEY FEES Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 11/12/2014 Final Account and Fees 11/07/2014 Notice of Association of Attorneys Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 10/30/2014 Remittitur (REMITTITUR ISSUED ON 10/27/14; S/T D-99 ON 11/5/14; ) Filed by Clerk 10/21/2014 Receipt(s)-Distributee (STEVEN FULLER ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 10/21/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 10/14/2014 Objection Document Filed by Attorney for Objector 10/07/2014 Inventory & Appraisment-Supplement ( $3,500.00 ) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 09/18/2014 Declaration - Probate Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 09/17/2014 Ord-Auth To Resign Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 09/17/2014 Ord-Appt Successor Trustee (TEMPORARY ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 09/16/2014 Notice - Probate (TO CREDITOR ) Filed by Trustee 09/11/2014 Detrm Entlement to Estate 09/05/2014 Supplement Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 08/28/2014 Proof-Service by Mail (Probate) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 08/20/2014 Ord for Withdrawl of Funds Filed by Petitioner 08/20/2014 Exparte Petition - Misc. 08/19/2014 Miscellaneous-Other (Property Tax Certification ) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 08/19/2014 Reappraisal for Sale (TOTAL $315,000.00 ) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 08/19/2014 Inventory & Appraisement-Final (TOTAL $250,000.00 ) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 08/14/2014 Supplement Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 08/14/2014 Receipt-Deposit Funds-Blocked Acct (ONE UNITED BANK ) Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 08/14/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 07/24/2014 Ord-Appt Probate Referee Filed by Petitioner in Pro Per 07/14/2014 Opposition Document (PARTIAL OPPOSITION ) Filed by Attorney for Administrator 06/25/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 06/25/2014 Order - Other (ON THE APPL FOR APPT OF TEMP SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner Click on any of the below link(s) to see documents filed on or before the date indicated: TOP   06/19/2014   02/03/2014   05/20/2011    06/19/2014 Final Report & Fees 06/18/2014 Notice of Entry of Judgment Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 06/10/2014 Order - Other (COMPELLING SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO ACCT AND TO REFRAIN FROM DISTRIBUTING TRUST ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 06/09/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 06/04/2014 Supplement Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 05/21/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 05/16/2014 Resignation of Trustee 05/06/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 05/02/2014 Declaration - Probate Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 04/24/2014 Appointment of Successor Trustee 04/23/2014 Order-Court Fee Waiver Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 04/11/2014 Supplement Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 04/11/2014 Ord-Confirming Sale of Real Prop Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 04/10/2014 Notice - Probate (unavailability ) Filed by Attorney for Trustee 04/09/2014 Allowance of Fees 04/03/2014 Declaration - Probate (PATRICK J. BARNITT ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 04/02/2014 Notice Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 02/27/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 02/24/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 02/10/2014 Miscellaneous-Other (VERIFICATION OF PATRICK J. BARNITT TO RESPONSE ETC. ) Filed by Attorney for Trustee 02/10/2014 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Trustee 02/06/2014 Reply/Response Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 02/06/2014 Proof-Service by Mail (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner Click on any of the below link(s) to see documents filed on or before the date indicated: TOP   06/19/2014   02/03/2014   05/20/2011    02/03/2014 Response Filed by Attorney for Trustee 01/27/2014 Proof-Service by Mail (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 01/24/2014 Compel Accounting 01/24/2014 Order for TRO Filed by Attorney for Respondent 01/24/2014 Request for Judicial Notice Filed by Attorney for Respondent 01/24/2014 Declaration (RE NOTICE OF EX PARTE ) Filed by Attorney for Respondent 01/24/2014 Declaration (RE URGENCY ) Filed by Attorney for Respondent 01/24/2014 Ex-Parte Application (FOR TEMP RESTRAINING ORDER ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 12/11/2013 Trust - Other 03/12/2013 Request-Waive Court Fees Filed by Plaintiff/Petitioner 03/08/2013 Ntc to Reptr/Mon to Prep Transcrpt (AUGMENATION W/BP099211 ) Filed by Clerk 03/05/2013 Ntc to Prty re fee Clk's Transcpt (AUGMENTATION W/BP099211 ) Filed by Clerk 02/13/2013 Designation of Record on Appeal Filed by Attorney for Defendant/Respondent 12/13/2012 Notice of Change of Address Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 11/28/2012 Ntc to Prty re fee Clk's Transcpt (one for Doris Fuller and one for Robert Fuller ) Filed by Clerk 10/22/2012 Ntc to Reptr/Mon to Prep Transcrpt Filed by Clerk 05/29/2012 Ntc to Atty re Notice of Appeal Filed by Clerk 05/25/2012 Notice of Appeal Filed by Attorney for Respondent 05/25/2012 Request-Waive Court Fees Filed by Attorney for Respondent 03/07/2012 Order (ORDER REMOVING ROBERT FULLER AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND TERMINATING HIS POWER AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE; DISQUALIFYING DORIS FULLER AS ALTERNATE SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE; AND APPOINTING PATRICK BARNITT ETC) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 03/07/2012 QBond-U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO. (QUALIFYING BOND: $350,000.00 ) Filed by Surety Company 02/23/2012 Consent (CONSENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY PATRICK J. BARNITT ) Filed by Attorney for Trustee 02/15/2012 Objection Document (OBJECTION TO PETITION FOR SUSPENSION OF TRUSTEE(S), ROBERT AND DORIS FULLER, AND OBJECTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PATRICK BARNITT AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE ) Filed by Attorney for Respondent 01/27/2012 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 01/23/2012 Statement of Decision (STATEMENT OF DECISION ) Filed by Court 01/20/2012 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 01/17/2012 Declaration (DECLARATION RE NOTICE OF EX PARTE ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 01/17/2012 Ex-Parte Application (EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR SUSPENSION OF POWER OF ROBERT FULLER AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE FOR HIS REMOVAL AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE; FOR AN ORDER DISQUALIFYING DORIS FULLER ETC) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner Click on any of the below link(s) to see documents filed on or before the date indicated: TOP   06/19/2014   02/03/2014   05/20/2011    05/20/2011 Statement of Case (SEPARATE TRIAL STATEMENT ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 04/22/2011 Request (REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL DUE TO CONFLICTING TRIAL CALENDAR ) Filed by Attorney for Respondent 04/11/2011 Brief (TRIAL ) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 03/08/2011 Notice-Change of Address Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 07/30/2010 Objection Document Filed by Respondent 07/28/2010 Notice of Ruling Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 06/22/2010 Notice-Hearing (Probate) Filed by Attorney for Petitioner 05/18/2010 DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - PC 21350 05/18/2010 Order-Court Fee Waiver Filed by Petitioner Click on any of the below link(s) to see documents filed on or before the date indicated: TOP   06/19/2014   02/03/2014   05/20/2011    Case Information | Party Information | Documents Filed Proceedings Held (Proceeding dates listed in descending order) 10/14/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Clifford Klein, Presiding ALLOWANCE OF FEES - Matter continued 10/14/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Clifford Klein, Presiding Compel Accounting - Matter continued 09/08/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Lesley C. Green, Presiding Appt. Successor Trustee - Petition granted 09/08/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Lesley C. Green, Presiding APPRV. RESIGN TRUSTEE/APPT SUCC - Petition granted 07/24/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Lesley C. Green, Presiding ALLOWANCE OF FEES (PETITION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES ANDCOSTS; DECLARATION OF ATTORNEYTEDDIE J. RANDALL IN SUPPORTTHEREOF) - Matter continued 07/22/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Lesley C. Green, Presiding Compel Accounting - Matter continued 06/05/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Lesley C. Green, Presiding APPT. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE (TEMP SUCC TRUSTEE & SUSPENSION OFPOWERS OF PATRICK BARNITT.) - Matter continued 05/06/2014 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Michael I. Levanas, Presiding Compel Accounting - Matter continued 02/06/2012 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding SUSPENSION OF POWERS - Continued by Court 01/30/2012 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding SUSPENSION OF POWERS - Continued by Court 08/08/2011 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - Matter continued 05/25/2011 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - Matter continued 05/24/2011 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - Matter continued 05/23/2011 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - Matter continued 04/25/2011 at 10:00 am in Department 99, MARVIN M. LAGER, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - Matter continued 10/07/2010 at 10:00 am in Department 11, Michael I. Levanas, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST (TSC) - Matter continued 08/02/2010 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Michael I. Levanas, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST (OBJECTIONS FILED 7/30/10OBJECTORS: ROBERT & DORIS FULLERATTORNEY: DANIEL K. LAK, ESQ.) - Matter continued 07/26/2010 at 08:30 am in Department 11, Michael I. Levanas, Presiding DETRM-VALIDITY OF TRUST - Matter continued Case Information | Party Information | Documents Filed | Proceeding Information

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