03/03/2016 05:08 am ET
Malachi Love-Robinson, the 18-year-old detained last month for allegedly impersonating a doctor, has been arrested again -- this time on charges that he defrauded an elderly woman out of almost $35,000 after “treating” her for stomach pain.
Malachi Love-Robinson |
According to ABC News, Love-Robinson turned himself in to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office late Tuesday night. He faces one count of larceny and five counts of using another person's identification without consent. Anita Morrison, 86, who found Love-Robinson through an online search, claims he cashed several checks stolen from her home during visits to treat her for “severe” stomach pain.
An arrest report said the Doogie Howser-wannabe “criminally used” Morrison’s checking account to make $34,504 in car and credit card payments, per the Sun-Sentinel.
Morrison said she was fooled into believing that the young man was a doctor who could help her.
Malachi Love-Robinson at a court hearing on Wednesday at the Palm Beach County Court Criminal Justice Complex in West Palm Beach, Florida. |
“Maybe I wanted to believe because I was in such pain,” the octogenarian told the newspaper last month. “I just went along with it.”
This is Love-Robinson’s second brush with the law in less than a month. In mid-February, he was arrested for allegedly operating a fake medical practice in West Palm Beach after an undercover agent reportedly visited the New Birth New Life Medical Center and Urgent Care and was given a physical exam and medical advice by Love-Robinson.
Love-Robinson's grandfather, William Robinson, told the Sun-Sentinel at the time that the arrest was the result of a misunderstanding. He claimed his grandson, who officials said referred to himself as “Dr. Love,” was certified to practice holistic medicine by online schools, and that he hadn’t actually been seeing patients himself.
Love-Robinson, however, has been accused of masquerading as a doctor before.
According to the Palm Beach Post, when Love-Robinson was 17, he was allegedly caught “roaming the halls” dressed as a doctor at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. Authorities did not believe he saw any patients or performed treatments so he was not charged. more
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