Palm Beach County Caretaker Accused of Pawning $62K Worth of Elderly Client’s Jewelry

A Palm Beach County caretaker has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies after allegedly stealing and pawning over worth of jewellery from her elderly client s safe Palm Beach County Caretaker Accused of Pawning K Worth of Elderly Client s Jewelry According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office PBSO -year-old Merlande Marseille is accused of taking several unique pieces of jewellery from her client s home in unincorporated Boynton Beach while the client was away on a trip to New York The client released the jewellery missing upon her return stating that she had not seen the items in two weeks and estimated their value at approximately Investigators discovered that Marseille had conducted pawn transactions between March and April at various pawn shops in West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach Photographs of the pawned jewellery were positively identified by the victim Marseille denied the accusations claiming that her daughter used her identification to pawn the items while she was in the Bahamas Based on the evidence Marseille has been charged with counts of providing false verification of ownership to a pawnbroker counts of dealing in stolen property and one count of grand theft This circumstance underscores the importance of thoroughly vetting family members and regularly monitoring valuable possessions especially when entrusting someone with access to your home