To grandparents, grandkids are little angel gifts. But sometimes, they’re not. And on rare occasions, they steal from you to prove it.

77-year-old, retired nurse, Leonita Arbuckle, bought her treasured family home in Brooklyn, New York for $31,650 in 1972, together with her husband, Selwyn. In 1995, they finally paid off the mortgage.

In May of this year, Arbuckle received a surprise, and it wasn’t a good one. She got a letter telling her that she apparently transferred her home to her granddaughter, Jaishree Arbuckle-Pierre for $1. The granddaughter had forged her grandmother’s signature to be able to proceed with the deed.

The elder Arbuckle was shocked. “You don’t expect that from your kids,” she said.

Arbuckle-Pierre created a fake deed and filed it with the city. According to a $5 million lawsuit, filed by grandma, her granddaughter took out a $399,000 mortgage on the property.

Arbuckle-Pierre lived in the home from childhood up until 2004, when she graduated from high school. 

The woman was said to have a history of fraud. She had previously been arrested on a charge of social security number theft, as well as other data needed to access credit cards while working as a nurse in Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn back in 2012. She was imprisoned for two years.

In 2014, she stole from her grandmother, who in turn, did not file a complaint against her.

Meanwhile, in 2019, she was sentenced to a year in jail after being caught on Long Island with the possession of firearms, violating terms of her release. 

Currently, Arbuckle-Pierre’s teenage son lives in the home. He had no idea that they could potentially lose their house and be out on the streets. 

Despite everything, Grandmother Arbuckle still has hope for their relationship. “She’s going to be my granddaughter until the day she dies,” she shared, proving that a grandmother’s love is indeed precious and priceless. 

But first she is suing for $5 million.