{
  "story_id": "af2d58a8b9ee9be75cfcf65a617c93a1",
  "desk": "drm3",
  "revision": 1,
  "published_at": "2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z",
  "content_hash": "846a49fb85eb8562880e330d9267de72be439d3ff2e770e654a058afb4f36ed3",
  "hash_basis": "sha256 over `headline\\ndek\\nprose`, plus `\\n` + the canonical citations JSON when any source is placed, plus `\\n#blog` for blogs",
  "basis": {
    "headline": "Woman Charged With Stealing Over $61,000 From 94-Year-Old Neighbor",
    "dek": "Mariela Collazo Rodríguez faces arrest for stealing over $61,000 from an elderly neighbor in Puerto Rico.",
    "prose": "Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, was charged with abusing an elderly person, aggravated illegal appropriation, fraud, illegal identity appropriation, and illegal possession of credit and debit cards. [^1]\n\nThe Economic Crimes Division of the Department of Justice filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez for abusing an elderly person and stealing over $61,000. [^2]\n\nThe Puerto Rico Department of Justice, through Justice Secretary Lourdes Gómez Torres, announced on a Tuesday that the Fiscal Office filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, for allegedly defrauding a 94-year-old woman of more than $61,000. [^3]\n\nCollazo Rodríguez accessed the victim's secret debit card number and made 319 unauthorized transactions between May and August 2025. [^4]\n\nThe suspect allegedly targeted her 94-year-old neighbor in Cidra, who had recently become a widow, and gained her trust to access her bank account. [^5]\n\nInvestigation details established that Mariela Collazo Rodríguez was the neighbor of the victim and helped her with errands, a relationship that allowed her to obtain access to the victim's secret debit card number. [^6]\n\nThe unauthorized transactions totaled more than $44,000 in cash withdrawals from ATMs and approximately $13,000 in payments for goods and services at establishments in various municipalities. [^7]",
    "cited": "[{\"statement\":\"Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, was charged with abusing an elderly person, aggravated illegal appropriation, fraud, illegal identity appropriation, and illegal possession of credit and debit cards.\",\"source\":\"Primera Hora\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"Primera Hora\"]},{\"statement\":\"The Economic Crimes Division of the Department of Justice filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez for abusing an elderly person and stealing over $61,000.\",\"source\":\"Primera Hora\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"Primera Hora\"]},{\"statement\":\"The Puerto Rico Department of Justice, through Justice Secretary Lourdes Gómez Torres, announced on a Tuesday that the Fiscal Office filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, for allegedly defrauding a 94-year-old woman of more than $61,000.\",\"source\":\"San Juan Daily Star\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"San Juan Daily Star\"]},{\"statement\":\"Collazo Rodríguez accessed the victim's secret debit card number and made 319 unauthorized transactions between May and August 2025.\",\"source\":\"Primera Hora\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"Primera Hora\"]},{\"statement\":\"The suspect allegedly targeted her 94-year-old neighbor in Cidra, who had recently become a widow, and gained her trust to access her bank account.\",\"source\":\"Primera Hora\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"Primera Hora\"]},{\"statement\":\"Investigation details established that Mariela Collazo Rodríguez was the neighbor of the victim and helped her with errands, a relationship that allowed her to obtain access to the victim's secret debit card number.\",\"source\":\"San Juan Daily Star\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"San Juan Daily Star\"]},{\"statement\":\"The unauthorized transactions totaled more than $44,000 in cash withdrawals from ATMs and approximately $13,000 in payments for goods and services at establishments in various municipalities.\",\"source\":\"San Juan Daily Star\",\"instrument\":\"News\",\"claim_key\":null,\"published_at\":\"2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z\",\"publisher_count\":1,\"sources\":[\"San Juan Daily Star\"]}]",
    "kind": "news"
  },
  "receipt_verify": "Ed25519 over the dot-joined string `slice_hash.cursor_from.cursor_to.view.view_version.row_count`; public_key and sig are base64url of the raw 32-byte key / 64-byte signature",
  "receipt": null,
  "receipt_note": "this revision predates receipt-keeping (before v0.37.0); the filed row lives in the record",
  "generation_chain": {
    "wire": {
      "stream": "fountain_news",
      "story_id": "f8ad81590b2d05a5de7b83d805e22733",
      "thread_id": "85e28b63a203beacd2b9f2481a401995",
      "thread_label": "Mariela Collazo Rodríguez",
      "novelty": "UPDATE",
      "content_hash": "ce01780c835ffb6e74971c7d9ef9783bb121eb0a3d680a3ba47fa017f7a0ecd4",
      "last_published_at": "2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z",
      "read_receipt": {
        "slice_hash": "71bd73f9bd0b443d73c58f0d62b5851d0249b82f845ad8e7cf72702520128ef4",
        "cursor_from": "eyJ0cyI6IjIwMjYtMDktMDJUMDM6MDA6MDAuMDAwMDAwWiIsImlkIjoiMjVhOGYxMWYxNTI1MjRlMTEyYjE1ZTc4YTc2YWM1MDEiLCJ2IjoiMSJ9",
        "cursor_to": "eyJ0cyI6IjIwMjYtMDktMDJUMDM6NDM6MDAuMDAwMDAwWiIsImlkIjoiZjIzZjc5YTk3YjM4MGMyNDgzZTRlNzYxMjNlZjg2M2QiLCJ2IjoiMSJ9",
        "view": "v_fountain_news",
        "view_version": "1",
        "row_count": 100,
        "window_days": 3,
        "bytes_scanned": 12017721,
        "credits": 8,
        "price_per_100_rows": 8,
        "sig": "oLjEp5e5_TxQ0DXiWbJ0eWCs52rh93YKnlQa3ByME2mvPF2TRx80_PHjQ3Js_BvBiOQ5bAkRAz3jjfmAl39FBw",
        "public_key": "bMUigy8O0jOnBxQ4Sc-5lwhIZ8LQVAhxMbR7qESVuUE",
        "signer_path": "lakehouse/data-extract/v1",
        "alg": "Ed25519",
        "signed": true
      }
    },
    "written_at": "2026-09-02T22:31:34.121Z"
  },
  "cited_facts": [
    {
      "statement": "Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, was charged with abusing an elderly person, aggravated illegal appropriation, fraud, illegal identity appropriation, and illegal possession of credit and debit cards.",
      "source": "Primera Hora",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "Primera Hora"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "The Economic Crimes Division of the Department of Justice filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez for abusing an elderly person and stealing over $61,000.",
      "source": "Primera Hora",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "Primera Hora"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "The Puerto Rico Department of Justice, through Justice Secretary Lourdes Gómez Torres, announced on a Tuesday that the Fiscal Office filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, for allegedly defrauding a 94-year-old woman of more than $61,000.",
      "source": "San Juan Daily Star",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "San Juan Daily Star"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "Collazo Rodríguez accessed the victim's secret debit card number and made 319 unauthorized transactions between May and August 2025.",
      "source": "Primera Hora",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "Primera Hora"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "The suspect allegedly targeted her 94-year-old neighbor in Cidra, who had recently become a widow, and gained her trust to access her bank account.",
      "source": "Primera Hora",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-01T21:48:34.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "Primera Hora"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "Investigation details established that Mariela Collazo Rodríguez was the neighbor of the victim and helped her with errands, a relationship that allowed her to obtain access to the victim's secret debit card number.",
      "source": "San Juan Daily Star",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "San Juan Daily Star"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "The unauthorized transactions totaled more than $44,000 in cash withdrawals from ATMs and approximately $13,000 in payments for goods and services at establishments in various municipalities.",
      "source": "San Juan Daily Star",
      "instrument": "News",
      "claim_key": null,
      "published_at": "2026-09-02T03:32:44.000Z",
      "publisher_count": 1,
      "sources": [
        "San Juan Daily Star"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "note": "A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true."
}