Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Criminal Court Division

State of Ohio, A True Bill Indictment For
Plaintiff Theft - FI
§2913.02(A)(3)
Lisa M. Dotson,
Defendant 4 Additional Count(s)

Dates of Offense (on or about) The Term Of Case Number

03/03/2012 to 10/05/2018 September of 2018 632308-18-CR
CR18632308-A
The State of Ohio, J ss. I A ^ ■*7ito ^ ^

105798523
Cuyahoga County

: Count One Theft - FI

! §2913.02(A)(3)
. Defendants Lisa M. Dotson
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| Date of Offense On or about March 3, 2012 to August 31, 2018
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; The Juror.1; of the Grand Jury of the State of Ohio, within and for the body of the County aforesaid, on their oaths, IN THE NAME
: AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OHIO, do find and present, that the above named Defehdant(s), on or about the
■ date of the offense set forth above, in the County of Cuyahoga, unlawfully

, did with purpose to deprive the owner, Terry Lee Spengler, Estate of Terry Lee Spengler, Irrevocable
I Trust of Terry lee Spengler, Robert Spengler, Estate of Roberta Spengler, Eleanor Rusnak and
• Cuyahoga Community College as residual shareholder of Spengler trust, of U.S. Currency-Money or
j services, knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services by deception.
j FURTHERMORE, and the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult and the value
\ of the property or services stolen is $150,000 or more.
| Defendant while serving as a home health aid for a disabled elderly victim repeated accessed various
| financial accounts through means not limited to of check writing, ACH payments/transfers, change in
• beneficiary designations, and electronic and or internet payments totaling not less than $633,736.00.
■ Defendant deceived disabled elderly victim through means of issuing duplicate payroll checks to
i herself on same day and in alternative repeated payments to herself within same week. Defendant
i also issued intermittent but repeated checks in amounts far exceeding home health aid industry
I standards for earnings and supplies needed for care of victim. Expenses for victim care regularly
i shown to have been paid by himself through checks and debits placed against his account. Gross
! over payments to herself and supply purchases are defied by defendant's routine deposit of funds into
' a her private checking account where expenditures are shown largely to have been spent on personal
j luxury items, entertainment, and gambling.
| The offense is contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the Stale of

Foreperson of the Grand Jury Prosecuting Attorney

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Count Two Theft - F3

§2913.02(A)(3)
Defendants Lisa M. Dotson
Date of Offense On or about August 21, 2015 to August 31, 2018
The grand jurors, on their oaths, further find that the Defendant(s) unlawfully
di'd with purpose to deprive the owner, Freddie L. Knight, of U.S. Currency-Money or services,
knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services by deception.
FURTHERMORE, and the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult and the value
of the property or services stolen is $7,500 or more and less than $37,500.
Defendant housed a disabled male victim, failed to seek mental disability services for which victim
who was eligible at all points in time, and deceived victim from access to his Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) by keeping government issued benefits debit card from him, withdrawing all of the
approximately $740.00, monthly benefits in single ATM withdraws at first-of-month, and repeatedly
lying to victim the benefits had been cut. Defendant also lied to authorities stating victim had access
to his funds, that his shelter/food costs were $100.00 to $300.00, and that victim had full access to
remainder of monthly benefit. Defendant engaged in casino gambling on same date(s) in which she
withdrew victim's SSI funds.
The offense is contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of
Ohio.

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Count Three Theft - F2

§2913.02(A)(3)
Defendants Lisa M. Dotson
Date of Offense On or about December 1, 2014 to March 31, 2018
The grand jurors, on their oaths, further find that the Defendants) unlawfully
did with purpose to deprive the owner, Eleanor and or James Rusnak, of U.S. Currency-Money or
services, knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services by deception.
FURTHERMORE, and the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult and the value
of the property or services stolen is $37,500 or more and less than $150,000.
Defendant befriended elderly victims James and Eleanor Rusnak through mutual relationship of
Roberta Spengler and Terry Lee Spengler, above. Shortly after death of Terry Lee Spengler in
August 2014, Defendant began requesting and receiving personal loans from Rusnaks ranging from
approximately $100.00 to $1000.00, totaling approximately $48,860.00. Defendant garnered the
loans based upon her various, false, and repeated personal needs and unforeseen disasters and
emergencies. During all points in time Defendant had no means of repayment of said loans due to
incessant casino gambling and Ohio Lottery play, and overwhelming personal debt at payday and
auto title loan institutions wherein Defendant regularly faced hundreds of dollars of monthly high
interest rate loans on various autos title, pawns, and other short term notes.
The offense is contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of
Ohio.

Foreperson of the Grand Jury Prosecuting Attorney

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I Count Four Identity Fraud - F3

| §2913.49(B)(1)
‘ Defendants Lisa M. Dotson
I Date of Offense On or about October 13, 2017 to October 5, 2018
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! The grand jurors, on their oaths, further find that the Defendant(s) unlawfully

| did, without the express or implied consent of Marguerite McKenna and or Michelle Leighty, use,
j obtain, or possess any personal identifying information of Marguerite McKenna with intent to hold
| herself out to be Power of Attorney over Marguerite McKenna and the value of the credit, property,
I services, debt, or other legal obligation involved in the violation or course of conduct was $1000 or
more and was less than $7,500.
FURTHERMORE, and the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult.
Defendant without consent of elderly victim, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or her
I daughter/power of attorney used personal identifying information of the other elderly victim, who is
j 79 years-old, to execute short-term and high interest rate loans, including an unauthorized,
i superseding power of attorney over the elderly victim in order continue high interest rate loan terms
! for which elderly victim's car title served as collateral.
j The offense is contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of
i Ohio.
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| Count Five Misuse of credit cards - F5
j §2913.21(B)(2)
j Defendants Lisa M. Dotson
Date of Offense On or about January 1, 2016 to August 31,2018
; The grand jurors, on their oaths, further find that the Defendant(s) unlawfully
| obtain property or services by the use of a Sychrony Bank, Citibank, AmTrust Visa, JCPenny, Home
j Depot, and Sears credit card, in one or more transactions, knowing or having reasonable cause to
j believe that the card has expired or been revoked, or was obtained, is retained, or is being used in
: violation of law and the cumulative retail value of the property and services involved in one or more
' violations of division (B)(2), (3), or (4) of this section, which violations involve one or more credit
| card accounts and occur within a period of ninety consecutive days commencing on the date of the
! first violation, is $1,000 or more and is less than $7,500.
■ The offense is contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of
Ohio.

Prosecuting Attorney

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