HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – A Hagerstown woman has agreed to testify against her husband in a case alleging they illegally sold 26 antique cars and other assets belonging to a man with dementia after obtaining his power of attorney.

Prosecutors agreed on Monday to drop charges against 25-year-old Angie Meldron if she testifies truthfully at the trial in September of her 40-year-old husband Daniel.

Angie Meldron was charged in January with taking the victim’s property and neglecting him by allowing him to live in unsanitary conditions with no heat at his home in Boonsboro, Maryland.

Investigators allege the couple sold the antique cars for $325,000. They also allegedly deprived him of investment and bank accounts worth another $307,000.

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