Dubuque Woman Charged With Theft and Dependent Adult Abuse

A Dubuque woman is accused of depriving an elderly man in her care of oxygen and medications and stealing from him. 54 year old Krista Hemple-Anderson was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging second-degree theft and dependent adult abuse. A report says that the sister of 87 year old Richard Hoffmann of Dubuque alerted police to a number of suspicious transactions involving Hoffmann’s credit union savings account and credit card. Hoffmann had been recovering from a stroke and moved in with Hemple-Anderson and needed in-home nursing that included oxygen use. Investigators asked Hemple-Anderson about credit card and credit union transactions and she said they were completed with Hoffmann’s permission as they were gifts and loans to her. Once Hoffmann had left Hemple-Anderson’s care and been moved back home by his family, he claimed that Hemple-Anderson had deprived him of his oxygen and medications, which he claimed kept him disoriented and unaware of what she was doing with his money. The transactions from Hoffmann’s savings account totaled over $3,000.