Caregiver Charged With Stealing From Dementia Patient

A Newington caregiver who allegedly took pills and money from a West Hartford woman with dementia was arrested last week, said.

Dawn M. Trigilio, 41, of 68 Prince Ave., Newington, turned herself in to police Wednesday. She admitted victimizing the Berkshire Road woman, 46, who requires daytime home care while her husband is working, police said.

Trigilio was charged with larceny and possession of narcotics and was released on a $2,500 bond. She is scheduled to appear in Hartford Superior Court March 17.

The Berkshire Road woman’s husband first noticed pills missing Jan. 31 after he had just refilled a prescription. After checking his wife's purse, he also noticed money missing, police said.

After initially denying knowledge of the alleged thefts to the husband and police, Trigilio later told police she stole $120, 10 Ativan and six Clonazepam pills in a three-month period ending Jan. 31, when she was fired by the husband.

Also in police news this week, a West Hartford man has been charged with reckless endangerment. Police say he gave an unloaded shotgun to his daughter.