Gwinnett Hair Stylist Arrested for Allegedly Exploiting Senior Citizens

Patch has learned that Helen Cathy Chatham, a 58-year-old hair stylist from Lawrenceville, has been arrested in connection with exploiting nursing home residents by signing off on payment papers that say she performed salon services.

According to police reports, officers were called first to Scepter Nursing and Assisted Living, located at 3000 Lenora Church Road in Snellville, on Feb. 12. The home's auditor said at least four patients' records indicated that the on-site hairstylist, Chatham, had been taking funds from residents without doing any services.

Officers arrived again the next day to conduct more interviews with witnesses and residents. According to the managers and caregivers who work directly with the affected victims, they had not seen their patients go to the on-site beauty shop, and Chatham hadn't come to see them in their rooms, either. Many of the workers said the patients either wash their own hair or have their family members do it.

One victim, who had been losing her hair and wears wigs, told police that she had never gotten her hair done by Chatham.

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