LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Lexington police report that a man was arrested and charged with forging checks from an elderly woman in a coma.
According to police, David Burgher was booked in the Fayette County Detention Center on several charges.
Police say the victim is a disabled woman in her 70s with cancer and requires 24/7 care.
According to police, there were forged checks cashed from her account while she was in a two-month-long coma, and Burgher and four others were caught on camera cashing the forged checks.
Police say the group took more than $29,000 from the woman.
Burgher is also charged with theft by deception and organized crime.
