Post by Logan on Jun 11, 2016 23:31:52 GMT -6
The financial demise of a 78-year-old woman with dementia came at the hands of an especially devious predator, police and other officials said.
“It was a perfect storm,” said Canfield police Detective Brian McGivern, describing how Linda Kovachik used her former status as an aide to former U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. to financially prey upon a victim and discourage neighbors from getting involved.
Kovachik, 69, of Flagler Lane, Boardman, is charged with one count of felony theft after being accused of taking more than $100,000 from the Canfield woman. The Vindicator reached out to Kovachik at the Mahoning County jail, but she refused to comment.
Kovachik was hired by Traficant in January 1985 in his first month as a congressman as a part-time staff representative. Within a few months, she was promoted to full time but left in 1990 after personality conflicts with other congressional staffers. She returned in 2000 to Traficant’s staff and remained there until he was expelled from Congress in July 2002.
- See more at: www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/12/it-was-a-perfect-storm/ (Youngstown Vindicator)
“It was a perfect storm,” said Canfield police Detective Brian McGivern, describing how Linda Kovachik used her former status as an aide to former U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. to financially prey upon a victim and discourage neighbors from getting involved.
Kovachik, 69, of Flagler Lane, Boardman, is charged with one count of felony theft after being accused of taking more than $100,000 from the Canfield woman. The Vindicator reached out to Kovachik at the Mahoning County jail, but she refused to comment.
Kovachik was hired by Traficant in January 1985 in his first month as a congressman as a part-time staff representative. Within a few months, she was promoted to full time but left in 1990 after personality conflicts with other congressional staffers. She returned in 2000 to Traficant’s staff and remained there until he was expelled from Congress in July 2002.
- See more at: www.vindy.com/news/2016/jun/12/it-was-a-perfect-storm/ (Youngstown Vindicator)