Gambling granny strikes again

I got a nice chuckle out of this story when I first read it. I found the article at cnn.com. What are her great-grandkids going to think?

I have to say this is one criminal Dane and Joel might have a chance at beating up.

ROME, Italy (Reuters)
 
Italian police have arrested an 80-year-old great-grandmother suspected of drugging and robbing easily fooled victims for years to feed her gambling habit.

Vittoria Benetti was detained after her last victim, a 70-year-old woman travelling in the same train compartment, identified her in a photo, Italian media reported Saturday.

Benetti drugged her with a cup of coffee and then escaped with 1,000 euros ($1,226) which she promptly spent at a casino in neighboring Slovenia.

Benetti's criminal record for a string of frauds and swindles and her obsession for gambling made it easy for the police to track her down, newspapers said.
 
I guess prison is just about as bad as an old-folks home. The difference is the abondoned, retired old people have pensions and life savings. Prisoners have cigarettes. She'd probably have more fun swindling all the inheritance out of the senile fools at the care centre, not the jail.