A Baxter County man has been accused in circuit court of theft of property in a case involving an 87-year-old Stone County woman.
According to a release from the Stone County Sheriff’s Department, Chief Deputy Sheriff Dammon McGilton began reviewing a case involving the woman from the Optimus community and a construction contractor identified as Robert S. Daniel, 46, of Mountain Home.
Authorities allege the woman paid Daniel for three separate projects that were never started.
According to Daniel’s arrest affidavit, three checks totaling $19,200 from the alleged victim were cashed by Daniel, and “the victim was intentionally taken advantage of and defrauded.”
Daniel has been charged with theft of property over $5,000, a Class C felony. He is also being charged under the habitual offender law, having been previously convicted with four or more felonies for theft and theft by deception in Arkansas and Georgia.
Daniel’s bond was set at $30,000.
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