A former Cloquet police officer, current Sartell resident Laci Silgjord, was found guilty in May of financial exploitation of an elderly vulnerable adult, according to the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.
Cloquet is a city near Duluth. Silgjord was found guilty by a jury in a trial recently in Carlton County in which Cloquet is located.
The charges against Silgjord were brought in July 2023 by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. The charge document stated that Silgjord met the woman in May of 2020 when, as a police officer, she went to the woman’s house after a call about a stolen purse. The two women formed a friendship. A month later, the 78-year-old woman had a stroke that caused severe cognition problems.
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