Visiting Nurses Aide Steals Money from Patient, Police Say

A visiting nurses aide has been charged with stealing $408 from a desk drawer of a patient’s home on Weyhill Circle in Lower Saucon Township, according to court papers.

Lisa Sikes, 46, of 1328 Pleasant View Road, Lower Saucon Township, is accused of stealing six white envelopes—each containing $68—during a visit to the patient’s home in early January, according to the arrest affidavit filed by Cpl. Christopher Leidy of the Lower Saucon Township Police Department.

The envelopes were kept in the drawer to pay the cleaning lady, who has been visiting the home for seven years and “there has never been a problem or a question of her character,” the affidavit says.

The affidavit also says:

• The victim told police that the cleaning lady took her one envelope on Jan. 3 and there were six left in the drawer. When she next visited on Jan. 10, the remaining envelopes were gone.
• The victim told police that there had been no forced entry to the home, that the door was always locked when the home was unattended and there were no other visitors to the home except for Sikes.
• The victim told police Sikes had been seen in and around the desk from where the envelopes were missing.
• Sikes told police that she had gone into the desk, but did not steal the money. When asked to take a lie detector test, Sikes initially agreed, but later refused when police attempted to schedule an appointment.

Sikes was charged with theft and receiving stolen property. She was arraigned Friday night before on-duty District Judge Patricia Romig-Passaro of Bethlehem and released on $5,000 unsecured bail.