Senior home care worker faces theft charge
The Iowa City Police Department arrested a woman from Coralville Sunday who is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a man she was caring for to pay her bills, KCRG reports.Ieasha Miller, 33, was an employee with Superior Care, a home health care service, through February 2024.Superior Care told law enforcement that Miller was at the man’s home on Aug. 24, 2023, and then again one week later.On Feb. 24, 2025, the man discovered purchases in his bank account for companies he didn’t have an account with.The payments were made between December 2023 through February 2025 for rent, insurance, car payments, and bills for phone, internet, and electricity.Officers spoke to the rental management company and learned that Miller was named under the apartment payments.Police carried out a search warrant at Miller’s home and found paperwork for each of the companies.Additionally, authorities subpoenaed records from each company and confirmed the victim’s bank account information with each one.In total, investigators found 35 illegal transactions totaling $12,365.Miller is charged with abuse of an adult dependent and first-degree theft. She is being held at the Johnson County Jail on a $10,000 bond.» Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube page» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play
The Iowa City Police Department arrested a woman from Coralville Sunday who is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a man she was caring for to pay her bills, KCRG reports.
Ieasha Miller, 33, was an employee with Superior Care, a home health care service, through February 2024.
Superior Care told law enforcement that Miller was at the man’s home on Aug. 24, 2023, and then again one week later.
On Feb. 24, 2025, the man discovered purchases in his bank account for companies he didn’t have an account with.
The payments were made between December 2023 through February 2025 for rent, insurance, car payments, and bills for phone, internet, and electricity.
Officers spoke to the rental management company and learned that Miller was named under the apartment payments.
Police carried out a search warrant at Miller’s home and found paperwork for each of the companies.
Additionally, authorities subpoenaed records from each company and confirmed the victim’s bank account information with each one.
In total, investigators found 35 illegal transactions totaling $12,365.
Miller is charged with abuse of an adult dependent and first-degree theft. She is being held at the Johnson County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
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