WEBVTT - DONKEY: Man Scams Elderly Widow & Convinces Her She Has Dementia

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ain't trying to be donkey today no more. They

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<v Speaker 1>should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>making these people do these days.

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<v Speaker 2>Called donkey of the day, and it really caught me

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<v Speaker 2>off guard. Damn Charlamagne, who got the donkey out of

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<v Speaker 2>day today?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, Donkey today for Thursday, December nineteenth goes to a

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<v Speaker 1>man named Justin Ray Donaldson of Anderson County, South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Slew to everyone from my home state of South Carolina,

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<v Speaker 1>drop on a clues box for South Carolina. I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>down there to borrow for the grand opening of a

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<v Speaker 1>Crystalline Orangeburg. Ribbon cutting is at ten forty five am.

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<v Speaker 1>All the festivities will be from ten am to two pm.

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<v Speaker 1>My God, DJ Frost, you will be providing the soundtrack,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'll see you all tomorrow at Crystalline Orangeburg, fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty six Chestnut Street. But right now we're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>Anderson County, and there's some nefarious things that play in

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<v Speaker 1>Anderson County simply because scams coming all shaped, sizes and forms. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Scamming has no color, Scamming has no sexuality. Scamming it

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<v Speaker 1>has no religion. A wham Bam. Think you scam can

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<v Speaker 1>happen at any moment, and that's why you always got

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<v Speaker 1>to have your guards up because folks is always trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get over. And that's exactly what happened with Justin

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<v Speaker 1>Ray Donaldson. See he is now in jail with scam

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<v Speaker 1>and senior citizens. The man befriended a seventy three year

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<v Speaker 1>old woman diabolical. This woman probably wanted the friends so

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<v Speaker 1>bad because all her other friends probably dead, so he

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<v Speaker 1>established a relationship. Nothing in freaky, Okay. He wasn't into

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<v Speaker 1>you know, ja rentifolio. I think that's what they call it,

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<v Speaker 1>ja rentifolio. That's an attraction to elderly ass Okay, he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't into that. His role was similar to that of

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<v Speaker 1>a grandson. And this woman's husband died, so he was

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<v Speaker 1>in a she was in a very vulnerable state, and

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<v Speaker 1>Justin saw the opening and slit in for this camp.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go to NBC News for the report.

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<v Speaker 3>Police and Anderson County man is under arrest after your

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<v Speaker 3>deputy said he was. He scammed a recent widow into

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<v Speaker 3>believing she had dementia. Deputy say, thirty five year old

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<v Speaker 3>Justin Donaldson established a grandson like relationship with a seventy

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<v Speaker 3>three year old woman at a senior living facility. According

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<v Speaker 3>to deputies, after the woman's husband died, Donaldson convinced her

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<v Speaker 3>to make him her power of attorney. Official say, the

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<v Speaker 3>woman reported fraud this month. Donaldson is char Chards with

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<v Speaker 3>breach of trust.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I'm not sure how dementia works. Okay, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure how dementia works in any way, shape or form.

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<v Speaker 1>I have no idea of people with dementia, even though

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<v Speaker 1>they got dementia. So I don't even know how you

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<v Speaker 1>can be convinced that you have dementia. Now, what I

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand is this woman has daughters. According to the

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<v Speaker 1>news report, Okay, who are her power of attorneys? If

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<v Speaker 1>this elderly woman went and told people, hey, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to remove my daughter's power of attorney over her affairs,

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't somebody call the daughters. Then the daughters can intervene

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<v Speaker 1>and say, who the hell is justin Ray Donaldson? They

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<v Speaker 1>just going to allow this man to come in have

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<v Speaker 1>her remove her daughter's's power of attorney, and he's just

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<v Speaker 1>easily able to secure the woman's trust and access to

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<v Speaker 1>her bank accounts. I don't get it. He instructed her

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<v Speaker 1>to take out a home equity loan for home repairs,

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<v Speaker 1>but instead went out and bought a twenty fifteen Chevy

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<v Speaker 1>tie hole for himself. Now, I know dementia causes a

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<v Speaker 1>decline in someone's mental abilities, but this woman was able

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<v Speaker 1>to understand everything Justin rad Donisan was telling her to do.

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<v Speaker 1>She had enough cognitive abilities to know to take her

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<v Speaker 1>daughters off the power of attorney. She had enough cognitive

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<v Speaker 1>abilities to put everything in this man's name, but she

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<v Speaker 1>didn't understand that she was getting scammed. Once again, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know anything about dementia. Of course I have had

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<v Speaker 1>people in my family who have had it, but hey,

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<v Speaker 1>do they know they got it? And can somebody just

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<v Speaker 1>diagnose and convince you that you have it? Because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what happened in this case. I guess now that I

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<v Speaker 1>think about it. If someone is telling me I got

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<v Speaker 1>dementia and I can't remember ever having dementia, and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I did forget that I got dementia, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I just know it's a special place reserved in hell

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<v Speaker 1>for someone like Justin Ray Donaldson. I don't know why

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<v Speaker 1>we take advantage of elderly people. That's like taking advantage

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<v Speaker 1>of kids. Okay, we act like we don't have grandparents, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>great grandparents old to parents. Hell, we act like we

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna be old one day. Respect your eldest. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>learn from the people who walk the path before you

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<v Speaker 1>respect them, because someday, sooner than you could ever imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to be an elder. Two, if you're blessed,

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<v Speaker 1>please let me memind give Justin Ray Donaldson big as

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<v Speaker 1>se hall.

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<v Speaker 2>He haw he ha. You stupid mother?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you dumb? How do you convince somebody they got dementia?

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<v Speaker 1>That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>My grandmother be trying to convince us she ain't got it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So she's aware she has it.

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<v Speaker 3>She has to mention some people.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely, people definitely know what they got. What you mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about the all timers people, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>my grandmother know she got dementia because giz mother didn't

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<v Speaker 2>had times that she got it, but she definitely got it.

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<v Speaker 1>His mother didn't. She didn't know. She had no clue.

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<v Speaker 2>Like she was, everything was regular, So if there was

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<v Speaker 2>a story, she'd tell a.

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<v Speaker 1>Story over and over and over again, and she thought

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<v Speaker 1>she was telling it for the first time. She had

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<v Speaker 1>no clue. Yeah, that's how it goes.

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<v Speaker 2>But like, did y'all ever tell did she tell her

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<v Speaker 2>mother that she has it because.

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<v Speaker 3>She didn't remember she got it.

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<v Speaker 2>She didn't remember, Well, my grandmother is going to get

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<v Speaker 2>to that point. But it's still kind of like early

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<v Speaker 2>for like she knows, she know she got it.

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<v Speaker 1>If your grandmother did anything like you, she probably playing yes, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Whenever you don't want to do something, all of a

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<v Speaker 1>sudden you don't remember, let me alone, all right, Well,

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