Apartment superintendent in NYC could receive 15 years in prison for stealing $350,000 from a 101-year-old resident.
A woman has been convicted of swindling a 101-year-old tenant out of $350,000 in a Manhattan apartment building. Rosalind Hernandez, 57, faces charges including second-degree and third-degree larceny after deceiving Antonio Ruas, who entrusted her with power of attorney as his health deteriorated. District Attorney Bragg remarked that she exploited Ruas’s advanced age and language […]
101-year-old New Yorker stands up against apartment manager who supposedly swindled him out of $350,000
Alleged Scam Targets 101-Year-Old Tenant in Manhattan A 101-year-old resident of a tough Manhattan building claimed he was scammed out of $350,000, believing he was nearing death. He surprisingly appeared in court on Tuesday, despite those dire expectations. Antonio Ruas took the stand during the trial of Rosalind Hernandez, a former grocery store employee. Hernandez […]
101-year-old veteran Mervyn Kersh believes the UK has declined since World War II.
Veteran Reflects on WWII Service and Modern Britain Marvin Kirsch, a Jewish veteran of the Normandy landings, expresses a deep sense of pride in having served his country, but he also feels that contemporary Britain has seriously declined compared to the nation he once fought for. Kirsch, who will celebrate his 101st birthday in 2025, […]
Spunky 101-year-old woman has uplifting advice after she took up new, unusual hobby to cope with daughter’s death
She has resilience down to her art. A strong 101-year-old Brooklyn woman started coloring to cope with her grief after her daughter's death, and despite being blind in one eye, she continues to produce detailed art. Josephine Nigro defied the odds by surviving an early case of COVID-19 and using rainbow colors of gel pens […]
101-year-old traveler repeatedly listed as baby because of airline software glitch
What a difficult group of people. A 101-year-old woman was repeatedly confused with an infant in American Airlines’ reservation system during an annual flight to visit family in Michigan. The mix-up is caused by the airline’s reservation software failing to correctly enter her actual birth year of 1922, instead defaulting to 2022. “It was funny […]