Oregon fugitive wanted for grand theft in Sunrise surrenders at Broward jail

A 36-year-old fugitive, who was wanted in Sunrise for allegedly stealing from a vulnerable elderly woman who believed he was there to help her, faced a felony charge on Thursday in Broward County. Leer en españolThe Sunrise Police Department reported Anthony Weaver’s third-degree felony offense on Jan. 25, 2022, involved a victim he met in April 2020 through the site Papa Pals, which markets “background-checked” companion caregivers.Records show Sunrise Detective David Burstein arrested Weaver, who was born in Medford, Oregon, on Feb. 27, 2023, after accusing him and James Calvert of defrauding the victim out of nearly $6,900. “She suffers from brain ischemia, which impairs her cognitive function,” Burstein wrote, according to the arrest report. Weaver vanished. Prosecutors re-filed the case on June 16, and Broward County Circuit Judge Marina Garcia-Wood ordered Weaver’s arrest for grand theft of more than $5,000 and less than $100,000, according to court records.Weaver surrendered sho