ORLANDO, Fla. – A grand jury is now investigating allegations that Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill exploited an elderly woman out of more than $100,000.
Mayor Buddy Dyer confirmed the investigation to News 6 during an interview on Tuesday.
“We don’t have any stance. We know there’s been a grand jury that’s been convened. The information that we have is basically what’s been in the news,” he said.
News 6 confirmed last week that Hill was under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
According to documents submitted in court, FDLE was investigating whether Hill established a power of attorney over a 96-year-old woman and secured a mortgage for a home in the Lake Mann Estates area of Orlando, without the woman’s knowledge.
Investigators believe Hill’s son and his girlfriend live in the home, while Hill resided in a home in the Washington Shores neighborhood that once belonged to the elderly woman’s parents — and was not paying rent.
According to the documents, Hill also used more than $100,000 of the woman’s cash and credit cards to buy perfume, clothing, IV vitamins, a facelift, a trip to Miami, dental surgery and car insurance.
The FDLE documents show the agency received a tip last year from a former aide of Hill’s who had been fired from their job. An FDLE spokesperson said they are still investigating the claims and will not comment on the case.
Hill has not been charged or arrested.
She had no comment for News 6, and she referred us to her attorney who has not returned a request for a comment.
The documents were part of a petition filed by the woman’s attorneys to keep Hill away from the woman’s finances and properties.
A hearing in that case scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed to April 5, according to court officials.
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