A social worker in Ohio allegedly accepted $10,000 in food stamps as a bribe to “look the other way,” before a 5-year-old child was found buried, authorities said.
Nancy Caraballo worked for Catholic Charities. Prosecutors said Caraballo bought more than $10,000 in food stamps from Larissa Rodriguez at 50 cents to the dollar.
Prosecutors said in a news conference this week that if Carabello was doing her job, she would have been in the Cleveland home witnessing how badly Rodriguez treated her son.
“Selfish criminal acts such as these, take the food from the children who cannot provide for themselves, making them the true victims of these crimes,” said Agent-in-Charge Greg Croft, of the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Investigative Unit, according to the broadcaster.
After the body of Jordan was found, his siblings were rescued from the home, which was in “deplorable and unsanitary” conditions.
Carabello could be sentenced to 50 years in prison, and if it’s determined that malnutrition played a role in Jordan’s death, she would face additional charges.
