A 60-year-old man who admitted to living on his mother’s Social Security and stiffing her assisted living facility in Lady Lake, won’t be prosecuted in the case.
Brian Scott Schaffer had faced a felony charge of exploitation of the elderly after an investigation had been launched as the result of an anonymous tip to the Department of Children and Families. The tipster said Schaffer was living on his mother’s money at her home in Grand Island, according to an arrest affidavit from the Lady Lake Police Department.
His mother was about to be evicted from the Springs of Lady Lake because she owed them $14,000.
In an interview with a DCF agent and Lady Lake police detective, Schaffer admitted he was living on his mother’s Social Security check and her late husband’s pension. He said he couldn’t afford to pay her nursing home bills.
He was arrested again in September when he showed up at the assisted living facility in violation of a court order.
However, the prosecutor’s office announced last week that the case is being dismissed. In a court filing, State Attorney Brad King stated, “Evidence legally insufficient to support prosecution.”
On Nov. 3, the court had relaxed the order barring Schaffer from visiting his mother, but it continued to bar her from dealing in her financial matters.
