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Son accused of stealing $88K from mom to pay gambling debt

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police say he swindled over $88,000 from his mother to support a gambling addiction while she was in a nursing home. 41-year-old Orlando Blackwell, of Wilkes-Barre, is facing charges that allege he transferred funds and issued himself checks from his 81-year-old mother’s accounts from [...]