Elder Abuse Los Angeles County

Edwin Seth Brown, a longtime Santa Clarita Valley activist, has been convicted of bilking an 86-year-old Saugus widow out of much of her life savings and could be sentenced to as much as six years in state prison. A Superior Court jury convicted Brown, 45, on Wednesday of one count of elder abuse, but acquitted him of a misdemeanor count of grand theft of property. Judge Ronald Coen will sentence Brown on April 3.

Edwin Seth Brown, a longtime Santa Clarita Valley activist, has been convicted of bilking an 86-year-old Saugus widow out of much of her life savings and could be sentenced to as much as six years in state prison. A Superior Court jury convicted Brown, 45, on Wednesday of one count of elder abuse, but acquitted him of a misdemeanor count of grand theft of property. Judge Ronald Coen will sentence Brown on April 3.

A Glendale man accused of allowing his 93-year-old mother to die in a bed of filth and squalor has pleaded no contest to a felony charge of elder abuse, a deal that allows him to avoid prison. Hugh Thomas McDade, 58, a former security guard who shared a one-bedroom apartment with his mother, entered his no-contest plea during his arraignment Monday before Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz.

A Glendale man accused of allowing his 93-year-old mother to die in a bed of filth and squalor has pleaded no contest to a felony charge of elder abuse, a deal that allows him to avoid prison. Hugh Thomas McDade, 58, a former security guard who shared a one-bedroom apartment with his mother, entered his no-contest plea during his arraignment Monday before Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a Van Nuys man who allegedly beat his 74-year-old mother repeatedly in her Palmdale home during a dispute over money, authorities said Thursday. Deputies responded Wednesday night to a report that an assault was taking place in a home in the 2500 block of Olive Drive. When deputies arrived, they found the mother, Jeanne Canfield, with numerous bruises and a nine-inch cut on her right forearm.

Question: I'm one of many seniors at our very large project. Our board, attorney and management have discovered it's easy to threaten and scare us, because we have limited means and ability to challenge them. Many of us are in poor health and unable to fight board actions because it uses up all our energy. When we have asked to see the books and records, the management has told us they don't have to let us see them.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a Van Nuys man who allegedly beat his 74-year-old mother repeatedly in her Palmdale home during a dispute over money, authorities said Thursday. Deputies responded Wednesday night to a report that an assault was taking place in a home in the 2500 block of Olive Drive. When deputies arrived, they found the mother, Jeanne Canfield, with numerous bruises and a nine-inch cut on her right forearm.