A Massachusetts woman faces charges for allegedly racking up thousands of dollars of unauthorized charges while living with an elderly man in Mansfield.

Lisa Perreault, 66, of Boston, Massachusetts was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of first-degree larceny and one count of illegal use of a credit card, according to Connecticut State Police . Troopers allege she accrued about $78,000 in charges against the man with whom she was living.

According to the warrant affidavit, Perreault moved in with the man in 2018 after his family moved closer to the shoreline. The family thought it would be a good idea for the elderly man to have someone in the home with him, so they arranged for her to pay rent and live as a roommate, the warrant affidavit said.

State police began investigat

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