Randolph Man Tried To Take Money From Grandmother’s Account: PD

RANDOLPH, MA — A Randolph man tried to take money out of his grandmother’s bank account before taking officers on a chase up Route 24 and Interstate 93, police said.

Patrick Laubenstein, 27, was arrested Tuesday and charged with uttering a forged instrument, abuse/neglect of an elderly person, operating to endanger, and failure to stop for police. He also had outstanding warrants, according to the Randolph Police Department.

Randolph Police received a call at about 1:30 p.m. from an Envision Bank employee on North Main Street. The caller told police that Laubenstein was in the drive-thru attempting to take money out of a bank account belonging to his grandmother.

The bank did not give him money and before police arrived at the bank Laubenstein fled, police said.

Officers located his vehicle a short distance later and attempted to pull him over. Laubenstein allegedly refused to stop and he was pursued through Randolph and eventually onto Rt. 24 and then I-93 North.

During the pursuit, police learned that Laubenstein picked his grandmother up earlier in the day from a nursing home in Milford and drove her to the Randolph bank in an alleged attempt to have her take money out of her account. When officers discovered that the 81-year-old woman was inside the fleeing car, the pursuit was immediately stopped.

Police later learned that Laubenstein drove to a house on Hilltop Road in Milton, where he was taken into custody. His grandmother was located safely outside of the Milton home, along with the vehicle.

The incident is still under investigation.

Laubenstein is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Quincy District Court.

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