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A Lexington woman who worked at an assisted living facility was recently arrested for stealing from the residents, who were called vulnerable adults by the South Carolina Attorney’s General’s Office.
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Cecily Haselden, a 30-year-old from Lexington, was arrested Tuesday and charged with four counts of exploitation of a vulnerable adult and four counts of financial transaction card fraud (value more than $500 in a 6-month period), S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Thursday in a news release.
A joint investigation by the S.C. Attorney General’s Office and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department determined that Haselden used her position as a housekeeper at Rapha Residential Care in Lexington County to “knowingly and willfully exploit four of its vulnerable adult residents,” the release said.
Between August 2025 and January 2026, Haselden took the victims’ debit cards without permission and used them for personal purchases, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office said. The unauthorized transactions on each card totaled more than $500 within a 6‑month period, according to the release.
Information about what the money was used to purchase was not available.
The victims qualified as vulnerable adults under state law at the time of the crimes, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office said.
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Haselden was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center, according to the release. Her bond was set at $50,000 on the combined charges and Haselden remains locked up, jail records show.
If convicted on the felony charges, Haselden faces a maximum punishment of 5 years in prison and a fine for each count, according to South Carolina law.
She will be prosecuted by the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, which said that Rapha Residential Care cooperated fully throughout the investigation.
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