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Men charged in $1.6 million theft
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Jeffrey Carr
Two Forsyth County residents have been arrested in connection with the theft of about $1.6 million from a 91-year-old Cobb County woman. According to the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, 39-year-old Jeffrey T. Carr faces four counts of theft by taking and exploitation of the elderly.He is being held in the Cobb County Jail on a $500,000 bond. His father, Joseph T. Carr, 65, has been released after posting a $100,000 bond after his arrest on the same two charges.According to the sheriff’s office, Jeffrey Carr removed about $1.6 million from the woman’s accounts between April 2012 and January.He reportedly influenced the woman to sign a power of attorney that gave him access to her remaining estate.