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Woman Wanted On Dozens Of Charges In Las Vegas Arrested In Chester County

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A woman wanted in Las Vegas on dozens of charges has been apprehended in Chester County.

Authorities say the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department was alerted by the FBI that April Lynn Parks, 52, was at a business on the 1300 block of Enterprise Drive in East Goshen Township.

Officers arrested Parks without incident and confirmed she was wanted on a felony warrant in Clark County, Nevada.

According to the indictment warrant, Parks was charged in Nevada with racketeering, theft, exploitation of an older person, exploitation of and older person/vulnerable person, theft, offering false instruments for filing or record and perjury.

Authorities say the investigation in Las Vegas focused on a business operated by Parks that was supposed to provide guardianship to the elderly and disabled.

Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police charged Parks with being a fugitive from justice and she was arraigned. Her bail has been set at $500,000.

Parks was remanded to Chester County Prison pending extradition to Clark County, Nevada.

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