Catherine Areu Jones: Former Fox News guest 'Liberal Sherpa' accused of kidnapping and exploiting mother, 88

Catherine Areu Jones: Former Fox News guest 'Liberal Sherpa' accused of kidnapping and exploiting mother, 88
Catherine Areu Jones allegedly exploited her 88-year-old mother (Miami-Dade Corrections)

MIAMI, FLORIDA: The "Liberal Sherpa," a former periodic guest on Fox News who lives in Miami, was detained on Friday, December 9, on charges that she kidnapped and financially exploited her 88-year-old mother. Several offences, including kidnapping, taking advantage of the elderly, and organizing a fraud scheme, are being brought against 51-year-old Catherine Areu Jones, according to a news statement from the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.

According to the investigators, Jones may have stolen more than $224,000, including money from a reverse mortgage on the mother's home. Investigators think she established credit cards in her mother's name and made withdrawals from her mother's bank accounts. Since a judge issued a warrant for Jones' arrest in June 2022, Miami-Dade police investigators have been attempting to take her into custody, reported MiamiHerald.

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