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DuPage County, Ill., prosecutors released Wednesday that a hospital worker, who was in dire need of money in order to pay off a cable bill, admitted to stealing two rings off the fingers of a dead woman he was taking to the morgue.
Frederick Tapley, who worked at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, snatched an engagement and wedding ring from a deceased 72-year-old woman back in July.
According to DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney Mary Cronin, the 37-year-old hospital employee stole the rings then pawned them. Tapley told investigators that he was in dire need of money in order to settle a mounting cable bill debt.
Cronin told a judge at Tapley's trial on Wednesday that at the funeral of the deceased woman, a family member noticed that the rings were missing and immediately notified authorities.
Apparently, Tapley's sticky fingers while on duty caught up with him again back in 2001 when he stole credit cards from a patient at another Chicago hospital facility. At the time, he was convicted of a misdemeanor theft and received a sentence of conditional discharge.
However, this go-round, Tapley faces a count of felony theft and may be looking at five years in prison. He will be sentenced in the coming months.
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By: raven on 3/17/2011 11:27AM
How low can men go, I think we just found out.
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By: Ricky on 3/17/2011 12:06PM
RAVEN - That is SOME men not all. There are some weird brothers out here and this lowlife is one of them. He should do time for this since it sick behind has been caught before doing this. What the h. e. l. l. is going on with some of these brothers???
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By: westfall on 3/17/2011 1:30PM
The world is getting worse and worse and worse......
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By: paul on 3/17/2011 3:46PM
How ironic. Now the taxpayers get to pay for his cable while he sits in jail. That should teach him a lesson??
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By: Jimmy D. on 3/18/2011 7:22AM
The only man in his family to ever have a job, and he pulls a stunt like this.
There oughta be a law!
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