Austin, TX - Austin Area Chiropractor Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Receiving Millions in Kickbacks and Money Laundering

Garry Wayne Craighead, a 49-year-old Leander, TX, chiropractor, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for receiving over $17 million in kickbacks in exchange for referring patients covered by the federal worker’s compensation program (FECA program).<... More...   $0 (06-10-2016 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - Twenty-Two Year Old Man Sentenced to a Total of Five Years in Prison for Two "Note Job" Robberies and Violating His Supervised Released

Dustin Scott Ross, 22, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for robbing the Arvest Bank on 4548 East 51st Street and the CVS Pharmacy on 4107 South Harvard Avenue, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney ... More...   $0 (06-06-2016 - OK)

Santa Ana, CA - Three Plead Guilty in Scheme involving nearly $600 Million in Fraudulent Claims by SoCal Hospitals

As two criminal cases became public this week, the Justice Department announced three cases in which additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges for participating in a long-running health care fraud scheme that illegally referred thousands of patients for spi... More...   $0 (06-06-2016 - ca)

The Collin County Grand Jury returned three felony indictments against appellant. One
indictment charged appellant with acting as an “investment advisor representative” with registered with the Texas Securities Board; and the other two indictments alleged appellant
committed securities fraud. Appellant challenged the three indictments in four applications for
pretrial writs of ha... More...   $0 (06-05-2016 - TX)

Seattle, WA - Long Time Skagit County Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

Guns, Drugs, Cash seized from Defendant with Lengthy Criminal History

A long-time Skagit County, Washington drug dealer and gang member was sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. CRIST... More...   $0 (06-02-2016 - WA)

Newark, NJ - Essex County, New Jersey, Man Admits Role In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

An Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted to his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New Jersey.

Matthew Policarpio, 28, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.

According to documents f... More...   $0 (06-02-2016 - NJ)

Late in the afternoon on November 16, 2009, a gold Pontiac Grand Prix pulled into the
parking lot of a strip mall on North Oak in Gladstone. The car parked in front of an iTalk store.
The iTalk store’s video surveillance camera showed that, from 4:24 until 4:30 p.m., when the
iTalk store closed, no one got out of the gold Pontiac.
The iTalk store was located next to a PDQ Ti... More...   $0 (05-31-2016 - MO)

On January 27, 2011, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant for a methamphetamine laboratory in Rosa's home in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The house had four long-term residents. Rosa and Maureen Evans were in a relationship at the time and lived together in the upstairs master bedroom where they were found during the raid. Randall Smith lived in a bedroom on the main floor. Smith was ... More...   $0 (05-29-2016 - KS)

In the late afternoon hours of December 21, 2012, Shreveport police
were dispatched to the Shreveport home of Carolyn Butler. When police
entered the home, they found the lifeless body of Butler’s boyfriend, Larry
Patterson, in the bedroom of Butler’s 36-year-old son, Joseph. Patterson
had been shot twice, including a fatal shot to the head. Carolyn Butler had
witnessed Patt... More...   $0 (05-25-2016 - LA)

After being charged with possession of heroin and methamphetamine, appellant filed a
motion to suppress in each case requesting that the trial court suppress all evidence seized from
what appellant claims to have been an unlawful detention and unjustified search. The trial court
considered the motions in a single hearing.
At the hearing, the State called Dallas Police Office... More...   $0 (05-16-2016 - TX)

Appellant was indicted for seven cases of robbery and five cases of
aggravated robbery.2 See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 29.02, 29.03 (West 2011).
Appellant filed motions in each of the cases seeking to suppress oral statements
that he made to police on August 17, 2014, on the basis that his statements were
involuntary due to sleep deprivation and the influence of drugs.
... More...   $0 (05-15-2016 - TX)

Montgomery, Ala. – Phenix City Doctor Arrested for Unlawful Distribution of Prescription Drugs and Money Laundering

Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 53, of LaGrange, Georgia, was arrested after being indicted by a federal grand jury, announced George L. Beck, Jr, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Dr. Ritchea, who maintains a family medical practice in Phenix City, Alabama,... More...   $0 (05-13-2016 - AL)

After receiving a tip from a confidential informant that appellant was selling drugs in the Katy area, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation in February 2012. By October, investigators believed they had gathered sufficient information to link appellant to apartment #10206 at The Residences at Cinco Ranch. On October 24, 2012, an investigator asked Officer Hricko to have ... More...   $0 (05-12-2016 - TX)

The evidence in the record shows that appellant’s husband, Bimal Patel, was badly
burned in a fire in the couple’s apartment on the evening of April 17, 2012, and ultimately died from
his injuries. Although appellant and Patel had married in India months earlier, appellant had only
recently moved to the United States after completing the immigration process from India. A
neighbor... More...   $0 (05-09-2016 - TX)

This case arises from the June 5, 2010 killing of Michelle Rivera, the Defendant‟s estranged wife. At the trial, Gerald Ross testified that he met the victim online and that they decided to meet for dinner in late April 2010. He said that the victim worked as a massage therapist at a West Knoxville office, that she also had private clients, and that she taught massage therapy. He said th... More...   $0 (05-06-2016 - TN)

On November 28, 2012, 79-year-old Betty Curtis and her daughter
stopped at a Shell gas station in Lexington to buy lottery tickets. Her daughter
waited in the car while Curtis entered the store. She got in line for the cash
register behind Timothy Hatton, holding her wallet, which contained credit
cards and about $375 in cash. Hatton turned around and grabbed the wallet.
C... More...   $0 (05-06-2016 - KY)

On March 31, 2015, Officer Flaude Dillon of the Logansport Police
Department, who also serves on the department’s meth suppression unit,
received a tip concerning Dewitt and Jesse Dewitt (Jesse) from a fellow
narcotics officer. The information prompted Officer Dillon to review records
from the national pseudoephedrine database.1 Because Officer Dillon
considered the quan... More...   $0 (04-29-2016 - IN)

This appeal raises in part the novel issue of whether a
plaintiff, who was treated by a private medical provider under
contract to provide care to inmates at a county jail, must serve
that private entity with a tort claims notice before she can sue
the company for negligence. We hold that the Tort Claims Act
(the "TCA" or the "Act"), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to :14-4, does not More...   $0 (04-24-2016 - NJ)

Officers Bradley and Huston, members of the narcotics enforcement team for the Houston Police Department, received a tip that heroin was being sold from a residence. The officers saw a red pickup truck arrive at the house under surveillance and watched as Richard Sanchez, later identified as a friend of appellant’s, left the house and got into the pickup truck and drove off. Officer Bradley tri... More...   $0 (04-20-2016 - TX)

Bangor, ME - Mt. Vernon Man Sentenced to Six Years for Robbing Two Pharmacies

Steven C. Chaput, 40, of Mt. Vernon, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court to six years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for committing two pharmacy robberies. He was also ordered to pay $726 in restitution.

On February 7, 2015, Chaput drove Rudger S. Ellis to the Rit... More...   $0 (04-19-2016 - ME)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Woman Sentenced for Conviction Arising Out of Armed Robbery of Retail Pharmacy in January 2015

Pharmacy Robbery Cases Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico & Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative

Josephine Duran, 24, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced in federal court to 57 months ... More...   $0 (04-18-2016 - NM)

In 2006, Dustin Scott Roberts (“Plaintiff”) entered into a contract with William R. Ray (“Defendant”) for the preparation and execution of a prenuptial agreement (“the Agreement”) in anticipation of his upcoming wedding with Amy Freeman (“Wife”). Defendant drafted the Agreement, in which the parties waived any potential claim for alimony, identified their separate property, and stated their inten... More...   $0 (04-15-2016 - TN)

On July 11, 2014, Castor was charged by an amended bill of
information with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation
of La. R.S. 14:95.1. This offense allegedly occurred on November 10,
2013. The instant appeal concerns the sufficiency of proof of the predicate
felony conviction for the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted
felon.
The bill a... More...   $0 (04-14-2016 - LA)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Conviction Arising Out of Robbery of Retail Pharmacy in August 2014

Defendant Prosecuted Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative and The HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Roy Christopher, 29, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 41 months in prison followe... More...   $0 (04-10-2016 - NM)

Southern Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“SPC”) is a medical supply company owned
principally by Glenn Lingle and Doug Martin. Nearly seventy percent of SPC’s business is
funded by payments from Medicare and Medicaid. At the time, sales of diabetic equipment
amounted to roughly three percent of SPC’s operations. Henry Roop, who had several years
of experience in medical sales, approac... More...   $0 (04-08-2016 - )