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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nChief Tango sends us links to the story<\/a> of 55 year-old Tina M. Cummings in Plattsburgh, New York who hid the fact that her 91-year-old father, Ralph F. Tefft, a retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant, had died about three months ago so she could continue receiving his pension checks;<\/p>\n Her father, 91-year-old Ralph F. Tefft, had been dead for three months before a welfare check by Clinton County Adult Protective Services revealed his remains under several blankets on a daybed in his home, State Police Capt. Robert LaFountain said.<\/p>\n Tina Cummings is led into the back of a police car by a New York State Police officer after her arraignment at Plattsburgh Town Court Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n During that time, between Feb. 1 and May 3, he said, “State Police established Cummings received $4,647.20 in Social Security benefits and $15,065.13 in veterans retirement benefits,” he said, “all belonging to Tefft, which were directly deposited into a bank account that Cummings had access to.”<\/p>\n The extensive financial investigation was done in conjunction with District Attorney Andrew Wylie and required issuance of subpoenas, LaFountain said.<\/p>\n Cummings lived with her father and was his primary caregiver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The coroner says that beyond reporting the death, there is no evidence of wrongdoing, that he died of old-age.<\/p>\n