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>so what if he made it up? so fucking what? kek!
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Took a while to finally get this guy convicted…
Veterans home probe still underway
https://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/news/local_state_headlines/veterans-home-probe-still-underway/article_eb1c746a-6f8a-11e6-88c3-03efc6264ee3.html
By Ken Booth | Special to The Citizen Aug 31, 2016 Updated Aug 31, 2016
The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs spent about three hours at Northeast Louisiana War Veterans Home in Monroe last week amid a revived state investigation into how the veterans home is operated.
Secretary Joey Strickland was accompanied by Under Secretary Homer Rogers and Deputy Assistant Secretary Lisa Bruhl on the Aug. 25 visit, which included a private meeting with men who are residents at the veterans home.
Meanwhile, agents from the state Office of the Inspector General as well as auditors from the state Legislative Auditor's Office continue to delve into alleged mistreatment of residents dating back at least to 2012.
Several allegations of mistreatment were documented in the office files of former Veterans Affairs Secretary David LaCerte, but were not publicly disclosed until last month following complaints to state and federal officials.
LaCerte resigned Oct. 8, 2015 amid the Inspector General and Legislative Auditor's joint investigation, which released an investigative audit revealing LaCerte's improper use of state funds and assets, including improperly using a state car and altering how data was recorded or edited at the state's veterans homes, including Northeast Louisiana War Veterans Home off U.S. Hwy 165, next to CenturyLink's corporate headquarters.
In response to complaints, investigators took a closer look at veterans home operations, with the Inspector General's office conducting interviews while auditors pulled and reviewed accounting files.
Controversial dealings at home
Further details concerning allegations that former Northeast Louisiana War Veterans Home assistant Tommy Shoemaker exploited a home resident suffering from disease of the brain and stole from him have come to light amid the ongoing investigation.
Shoemaker was assistant administrator at the veterans home from February 2004 until February 2013, though he was placed on administrative leave in August 2012 following the discovery of possible misconduct.
Shoemaker, 51, was arrested Aug. 2 on two felony counts: exploitation of persons with infirmities as well as theft of the assets of a person who is aged or with a disability. He is free on bond.
The Office of Inspector General received a tip that Shoemaker took $1,812.28 in personal funds around Aug. 6, 2012 from veterans home resident, Roland J. Matheny, after a year of exerting control over Matheny’s checkbook and ATM card. According to investigators’ notes, Matheny suffered from diabetes, dementia, and encephalopathy, or disease of the brain.
On July 26, 2012, Shoemaker directed another veterans home employee, Misti D. Westbrook, to write a $9,000 check against a resident facility fiduciary account held by Matheny, which Shoemaker claimed was needed for Matheny's anticipated funeral expenses.
Shoemaker did not have consent or power of attorney to authorize the transaction, according to records retrieved from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Baton Rouge.
Matheny, a native of Delhi, died Oct. 2, 2012 at the age of 69. Shortly thereafter, the veterans home received a bill from Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home for $8,600, conducted an inquiry and discovered the $9,000 check was not used for burial expenses.
In 2012, Shoemaker wrote a letter to NELA War Veterans Home Administrator Ken Houston that he had driven to the VA Hospital in Shreveport where the ailing Matheny had been transported in September 2012 to get him to sign the $9,000 check for any funeral expenses when needed.
“I took his signed check and dropped it off by Kilpatrick’s and told them what (redacted) had requested,” Shoemaker wrote in his 2012 letter. “They said since (redacted) was doing better they could wait until he got back in Monroe to let him set all the details of the funeral.”
In his September letter to Houston, Shoemaker said he did not intend to violate any policy when he ordered the original $9,000 be withdrawn from Matheny’s fiduciary account at the veterans home but, if he did, “it was not on purpose or for any personal gain or ill intent.”
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