Home Health Aide Admits to $20K Theft From Disabled Framingham Woman

WOBURN, MA -- A home health aide from Marlborough sentenced to five-years probation and has been banned from working with the elderly or disabled after she pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing more than $20,000 from a disabled Framingham woman.

In Middlesex Superior Court on Thursday, Nikkion A. Lewis, 33, of Marlborough, was given five-years probation after pleading guilty to: larceny over $250 from someone over 60 or disabled (four counts), improper used of a credit card over $250 (three counts) and identity fraud.

While on probation, Lewis must have no contact with the victim and do not work with the elderly or disabled.

After a two-month investigation, Framingham police arrested Lewis in September of 2015 saying she stole more than $20,000 from a 63-year-old disabled woman who was under Lewis' care. Police say that in July of 2015, the victim's brother told police he noticed several transactions on her bank account that he didn't recognize.

When he confronted Lewis about the missing money, she indicated she kept a log of all purchases and banking, and she would go home and get the log. She left and never returned.

Police said Lewis made dozens of $500 withdrawals from the victim's bank accounts. In addition to the smaller cash withdrawals, she made two separate $14,000 withdrawals from an account. Each withdrawal was made for $5,000 cash and a $9,000 bank check.

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