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Pasquotank deputies arrested Jessica Paralee Baldwin on a charge of exploiting an elderly, disabled man.
WCTI and WITN reported that the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office arrested Jessica Paralee Baldwin, 50, of Elizabeth City, on Oct. 8, 2026. She is charged with felony exploitation of an elderly and disabled adult. Investigators say the man was defrauded of about $21,000. She was booked into the Albemarle District Jail on a $10,000 secured bond.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
An exploitation charge is an accusation. It is not a conviction, and it is not a restitution order. The sheriff's office says the case started in June when the county Department of Social Services flagged financial activity. How the money moved, and what her connection to the man was, was not in the public account.
WCTI reported that investigators opened the case in June after Pasquotank County Department of Social Services reported concerning financial activity. The sheriff's office said the man, who is disabled, had allegedly been defrauded of about $21,000. WITN reported the same June referral, the same Oct. 8 arrest, and the same description of an elderly disabled man. Baldwin was taken to the Albemarle District Jail on a $10,000 secured bond.
Neither station reported how she allegedly got access to the money. The sheriff's office asked family members and caregivers to report suspected financial exploitation of elderly or disabled people. A $10,000 secured bond is a release condition if it is posted. It is not a finding that $21,000 was taken.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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