Richard Allen Foster
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Stillwater man, who admitted financially exploiting a vulnerable adult, was sentenced this week to six months in jail followed by four and one-half years of probation with conditions including having no employment with a vulnerable or elderly adult.
In accordance with a plea bargain with the prosecution, Richard Allen Foster Jr., 39, was also ordered by Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler to have a DNA test and pay $1,460 in various fees along with court costs.
Community Access, which provides live-in care for developmentally disabled individuals, believed that Foster, who was fired as a caregiver from the facility, was responsible for stealing a client’s Nintendo gaming system valued at $250, an affidavit by Stillwater Police Officer David Adney said.
An investigation revealed that Foster pawned the gaming system on Jan. 14, 2020, after claiming he had owned it for a year, an affidavit said.
In a police interview, “Foster stated he purchased the gaming system from (the client), then pawned the item for $50. Foster admitted he was not supposed to enter into any financial agreement with a client who was developmentally disabled. Foster attempted to rationalize his actions,” the affidavit said.
Last year, Foster was charged with domestic violence of his then-girlfriend and interference with an emergency phone call on Oct. 23, 2021, but that two-count charge was dismissed by the prosecution after the woman failed to be served as a witness for a Jan. 31 preliminary hearing, court records show.
Foster had previously been convicted in Santa Clara County, California, in 2013 of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, court records show.
