Overview
- Shagwendola Jerna Crawford, 42, was arraigned on felony counts including embezzlement from a vulnerable person and false pretenses of $100,000 or more, plus two real-estate document charges.
- Authorities say the victim let Crawford move in in 2018, then a 2024 injury left him needing full-time care under family guardianship.
- After the man died in September 2025, his siblings discovered the house had been sold, prompting an investigation by Macomb County prosecutors.
- Investigators allege Crawford forged and recorded a quitclaim deed to transfer the Warren property to herself, then sold it the following month while claiming lawful ownership.
- Crawford was released on a $25,000 bond with a tether requirement and is scheduled for a probable-cause conference on March 9.