West Englewood woman charged with exploiting elderly

Bail was set at $70,000 Saturday for a West Englewood neighborhood woman who is accused of financially exploiting an 83-year-old woman while she was supposed to be cleaning the victim's home.
Kim Brownlee was booked into Cook County Jail Saturday after a judge set her bail at $70,000.
Brownlee was employed by Help at Home, Inc. and was assigned to clean an 83-year-old woman's home in the 6700 block of South Keating Avenue in the West Lawn neighborhood. In the home, Brownlee got access to the victim's checkbook and made out eleven checks to herself, signed the victim's name, and cashed the checks, totaling $1,400, from Nov. 1, 2011 to Dec. 27, 2011.
Brownlee, 36, of the 5600 block of South Marshfield Avenue, was charged with one count of financial exploitation of the elderly. She was arrested at her home at 9:40 a.m. Friday and is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on April 27