Florida woman jailed after swapping her 86-year-old dad’s pain meds with Tylenol

On December 18, officials reported that a woman from Deltona, Florida, who stole her 86-year-old father’s pain medication and replaced it with Tylenol has been jailed on charges of theft of a controlled substance and neglect of an elderly adult. The woman has a history of drug abuse which unfortunately has involved her aged parents.

Jennifer Hall, 47, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after an investigation that started when a hospice nurse reported Hall’s father’s medication was missing. The nurse had examined the victim’s pill box and discovered the pills in the Oxycodone container were not Oxycodone, but Tylenol.

Another nurse reported that because the victim hadn’t received his prescribed medication over a week’s time, he had to be administered fentanyl patches to overcome the pain.

Hall’s 81 year old mother told deputies that she gets fearful when her daughter is in the house, and at night locks herself in the bedroom with all her belongings, medications and pets for fear that Hall might steal them and sell or pawn them.

Hall was at the residence Wednesday while a deputy was there investigating.  Upon seeing the deputy, Hall ran out the back door. The deputy quickly found her crouching behind a bush in the back yard.  She came back inside and was later taken into custody without incident.

Hall has previously been arrested for crimes against her parents in 2018 and 2019. In January, Hall was arrested for pushing her father to the ground after he stepped in front of her as she approached her mother during a heated argument.

This is the seventh arrest for Hall since March 2018. Most of the charges have been battery on a person over the age of 65.  ~ WNDB

She is currently in custody at the Volusia County Branch Jail on $5,000 bond.

(Source and Booking Photo: Volusia Sheriff’s Office)

~ Posted by: Richard Webster, Ace News Today   /   Follow Richard on Facebook and Twitter