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   With 45 prior arrests, senior citizen gets 5 years for scamming    
   ementia-stricken neighbor out of $50K   
      
      
   Bill Wichert | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Bill Wichert | NJ Advance Media   
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   on November 14, 2014 at 5:45 PM   
      
      
   Gilbert Vaughn, 64, of East Orange, was sentenced today to five years in state   
   prison for stealing $50,000 from a dementia-stricken neighbor.   
   New Jersey Attorney General's Office   
      
   NEWARK -- With a criminal record including 45 prior arrests, an East Orange   
   man was sentenced today to five years in state prison for coercing his   
   90-year-old dementia-stricken neighbor into withdrawing $50,000 from an   
   annuity account.   
      
   Gilbert Vaughn, 64, had pleaded guilty on Sept. 26 to insurance fraud, theft,   
   and identity theft. He also is required to pay $50,000 in restitution.   
      
   In handing down the sentence, Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin said   
   Vaughn knew or should have known "the victim of the offense was particularly   
   vulnerable, incapable of resistance."   
      
   Vaughn's prior arrests include arrests for robbery, larceny, sexual assault,   
   aggravated assault, Ravin said.   
      
   The theft in the current case occurred while Vaughn and the victim were   
   neighbors in an East Orange senior citizens home, according to the state   
   Attorney General's Office.   
      
   In July 2013, the victim was placed into a state guardianship by the New   
   Jersey Public Guardian's Office, because of his dementia and the fact that he   
   did not have family members willing or able to help him, authorities said.   
      
   Vaughn attended a hearing on the matter, and testified as a witness that the   
   guardianship was necessary to protect the victim from his children, who were   
   taking advantage of his finances, authorities said.   
      
   In August 2013, Vaughn began to coerce the victim to withdraw money from an   
   annuity he held. A withdrawal of $50,000 was made before the account was   
   frozen, authorities said.   
      
   Vaughn was arrested by Bloomfield police on June 3, 2014 while using the   
   victim's car, authorities said. When police pulled him over, Vaughn produced   
   the victim's driver's license and claimed he was the victim, authorities said.   
      
   After pleading guilty, Vaughn's attorney, Elayna Thompson, requested a bail   
   reduction at an Oct. 8 hearing in order for him to get released from jail and   
   pay restitution to the state.   
      
   Thompson said Vaughn claimed to have a large portion of that money set aside,   
   and was requesting the bail reduction to post bail, get released and access   
   those funds to turn over to the state.   
      
   But Ravin granted the state's request to revoke Vaughn's bail, noting that he   
   has six aliases, six social security numbers, and an extensive criminal   
   history.   
      
   "If a man lie about his own name...what will not a man lie about," Ravin said.   
      
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