KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Independence man is facing felony charges for illegally stealing almost $100,000 from a dependent adult in Johnson County.
Johnson County prosecutors charged Cortland Dean Thurman, 48, with felony mistreatment of a dependent adult and felony making false information in connection to an incident between Feb. 4, 2020, and July 3, 2021.
Court documents filed earlier this month in support of the charges allege Thurman unlawfully took control of $99,325.83 belonging to the dependent adult victim who was living in a medical care facility.
Thurman was taken into custody Tuesday morning by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Johnson County Adult Detention Center on a $75,000 bond.
Earlier this year, Thurman was also charged in Wyandotte County for making a $2,471 false claim to Medicaid in July 2024, a felony. Court documents in support of those charges indicate an investigation involved law enforcement in Oklahoma.
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