Cops: Woman fleeced $300G from neighbor, took lavish trips

Police have only identified the victim as, ‘Alice.'

However, investigators say Marquardt made herself a beneficiary of Alice's IRA, and had a new will drawn up making herself a 50 percent beneficiary.

Then, detectives say Marquardt was only making partial payments for Alice's care from her Social Security checks. Further, pension payments that were supposed to go to the nursing home were instead deposited into the account controlled by Marquardt.

Eventually, all payments to the nursing home ceased, and Marquardt claimed Alice had no money left, officials said.

Suspicions arose, police say, and an audit showed, "in excess of $300,000 in illegal payments" were made from Alice's account between August 2007 and March 2012.

Authorities say Marquardt and her husband, Edward, used the money to buy watches, to take vacations to Las Vegas, Hilton Head, Mexico, Atlantic City, to attend, "numerous sporting events" and even see a comedy hypnotist show at Lake Placid, NY.

The couple also made payments to a hot tub company, bought items at sporting good stores in the area, and took numerous golf outings in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Marquardt could not be reached by phone this morning. Her attorney, Richard R. Fink, of Langhorne also could not be reached because he was in court in a separate case.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 13.