MAN CHARGED WITH EXPLOITING ELDERLY WOMAN

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY BILKED A 97-YEAR OLD WOMAN OUT OF NEARLY $600,000 SINCE MARCH.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 69 YEAR OLD JOSEPH CIRILLO MOVED IN WITH THE WOMAN BACK IN 2003 AND EVENTUALLY WAS GRANTED POWER OF ATTORNEY.  DETECTIVES SAY CIRILLO PURCHASED A 2007 LAMBORGHINI FOR OVER $181,000 IN JULY WITH TWO CHECKS DRAWN ON THE VICTIM’S ACCOUNT.  A COMPLAINT WAS FILED AFTER THAT, AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT CIRILLO WAS GRANTED POWER OF ATTORNEY BY THE VICTIM AND HE WAS DESIGNATED HER HEALTHCARE SURROGATE AND TRUSTEE OF HER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, DETECTIVES DETERMINED HIS ACTIONS EXHIBIT A CLEAR BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY AS A TRUSTEE TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.  REPORTS SAY THE VICTIM HAS SEVERE ALZHEIMER’S AND HAS BEEN IN A NURSING HOME SINCE THE END OF JUNE, AND DOCTORS SAY SHE WAS IN NO CONDITION TO GIVE CIRILLO THE POWERS SHE DID.  CIRILLO WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF EXPLOITATION OF THE ELDERLY AND IS BEING HELD IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL.