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Man Charged for Selling 11 Organs to Alzheimer's Victim

Port Richey, Fla. (AP) -- A music store manager was charged Thursday with exploiting a woman with Alzheimer's disease who authorities say bought 11 organs from him over 18 months — including four on a single day.

Scott L. Heyder, 36, sold the 79-year-old a progressively more expensive string of the instruments beginning in 2003 — even after her family pleaded with him to stop, Pasco County sheriff's detectives said Thursday.

Heyder was charged with felony exploitation of the elderly and was held on $10,000 bail at the Pasco County Jail.

Details here from the AP via the San Francisco Chronicle.