Charles S.
Mar 3, 2021
In February, 2019 I lost my 2006 automobile and had to take a bus to Oklahoma City to purchase the same vehicle from a seller. I did not wish to leave valuables unattended for three days which I confirmed the replacement was sufficient and to return in my home in Hutchinson. Before leaving for the venture I hosted a visit from All Saints agency staff who outlined their plan to care for me. I am a disabled veteran on a pension called Aid & Attendance. It stipulates that I must have care personnel in my home three days a week for from five to six hours. For this their payment came through my intermediary in St. Louis, Missouri. I was told they hired a new woman who lived in my area and she began attending me sometime before the middle of February. As she was a new hire I was not confident the past experiences I had with these workers stealing from me would be repeated. So upon returning home I put the bulk of the valuables in a locked cabinet I was required to have to store scheduled narcotics I was prescribed for three stenosis in three lumbar vertebra and a spondylolistheses in my back. Here I would say that this trip and getting a car that had some problems with it took so much out of me I decided not to leave the home during the time she worked just three days a week. By this I mean I did not leave at all until the day she began making excuses to the employer about absences she could not come on her scheduled days and failing to come her last scheduled day. I reported this to the Hutchinson & Wichita Offices and to St. Louis. I was told by Al Saints that she disappeared and could not be located since she was no longer at the address she lived at. It is not hard to suggest that she took these from the closet on her last day in my home. I did not always accompany her from room-to-room because of my disability. I trusted that she had been properly "vetted" before employment by the agency but it is factual that they did next to nothing to investigate her prior to employment. During this time no other worker attended me until the office confirmed that she had worked for me a last Friday and then they lost track of her. Searching the closet where I had put two US Mint boxes of items I have receipts for, did not reveal them so I called the Hutchinson Police Department who did not even come out to my house but instead I and a replacement woman from All Saints; she drove me to the Police Department where I made a police report. Never did they come to my house but merely filed my report. When speaking to a manager in Wichita, KS she said they were watching pawn shops and maybe she said coin dealers; I am uncertain about this accuracy. At a later time I spoke to her again and she said they were denying any responsibility for the loss. This is pretty preposterous since I did everything to show that this loss occurred. I reported it to the police, and there was no other entrant into my house for the three weeks following the time from after I placed the two one ounce mint proof selections that I had a receipt for and until she disappeared. At this time their value is over 25% more than when purchased. Acknowledgment about them seeking the existence of these "as sold stolen property;" along with the common law practice that an employer is responsible for loss caused by their employee leaves no doubt about their responsibility to pay for the loss. This is a bad experience for me as I am 79 years old now and these were purchases I planned to leave to my son at a time when I could no longer appreciate them. It has also caused me great mental anguish. At their present value as proof specimens places this loss is over three thousand dollars. By publishing this document I also affirm as to its accuracy and how badly this should impact this catholic organization.
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