House Democrat With ‘Early Stages of Dementia’ Victimized by Scammers at Her Home, Police Say

Kathryn Wilkens Oct 24th, 2025, 7:02 pm

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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) was the victim of an apparent home scam, after a group posing as HVAC workers allegedly charged her more than $4,000 for services that were never performed — an incident detailed in a police report that also claimed the 88-year-old non-voting member of Congress is in the “early stages of dementia.”

The alleged fraud occurred on Thursday at the Democratic congresswoman’s home in Southeast D.C., where the group gained entry and billed her $4,362 on her credit card, authorities said. A longtime friend and house manager, identified in a public incident report as Jacqueline Pelt

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