BRENHAM WOMAN SENTENCED FOR “EXPLOITATION OF THE ELDERLY”

  

A Brenham woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to numerous charges involving taking advantage of an elderly person.

31-year old Vanessa Cardenas Martin of Brenham was convicted on four separate charges: Exploitation of the Elderly and Forgery involving the Elderly from an arrest in March of this year; and Exploitation of the Elderly and Credit Card Abuse from her arrest this past April.

According to Assistant District Attorney Eric Berg, Martin was a home healthcare provider for a local woman and reportedly stole her card and ran up a number of charges.

The thefts were discovered by the woman’s husband who was going over his wife’s credit chard charges.

Judge Carson Campbell sentenced Martin to four years on each charge to run concurrently.  She must also make over $2,300 in restitution.

Also in 21^st District Court Tuesday:

Probation was revoked for 33-year old Shaun Patrick Bracewell of Brenham for a 2011 conviction for Assault Family Violence.

According to Berg, one of the conditions of Bracewell’s probation was to get drug and alcohol treatment—which he failed to do.

Bracewell was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $1500.

21-year old Derek Mitchell of Brenham was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance.

And, 63-year old Bobby Lee Davis of Brenham was placed on one year probation and fined $1500 for a misdemeanor charge of Assault Family Violence.  Davis was also ordered to attend a Batterer’s Intervention Program.