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Activity Director at Solon nursing home pocketed patient's credit card, went on shopping spree

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SOLON, OH (WOIO) -

A nursing home employee busted for stealing a patient's credit card.

33-year-old Kristina Rawl-O'Neal was the Activity Director at the Solon Point at Emerald Ridge Nursing home.

Police say she charged $4,000 dollars on the victim's credit card.

She bought groceries, paid her Dominion gas bill, paid a parking ticket and a speed camera ticket, shopped at Home Depot and Payless.

The victim's family notified police about the charges on the credit card.

Rawl-O'Neal was arrested at the nursing home on Monday, and was promptly fired.

She is charged with theft.

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