Pinellas County deputies have been on a mission to arrest contractors accused of operating without licenses. In a sting conducted from Saturday through early Monday called “Operation Flush Out,” 30 people were arrested after pitching electrical, drywall and other construction services to undercover detectives. The three-day sting produced a combination…
A former standout high school quarterback in Tampa Bay is out on bond after being accused of beating his ex-girlfriend. The 29-year-old is facing domestic battery charges in connection with an incident in Key West earlier this month involving his girlfriend at the time. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s…
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former NFL player Jabar Gaffney, who is charged with felony criminal mischief in the vandalism of his former teammate’s BMW. Someone slashed the tires of Lito Sheppard’s BMW and poured a contaminant into the gas tank while the car was parked…
Some changes are coming our way in Florida. More than 100 bills that Gov. Rick Scott signed into law from the 2018 legislative session will take kick in Sunday, including a new state budget that tops $88 billion. Take a peek at the laws slated to take effect Sunday: State…
A physician and two nurses have been convicted of health care fraud in what authorities claim was a $12 million plus Medicare billing scam. On Friday, a federal jury in Dallas convicted a 70-year-old doctor and a 47-year-old nurse of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Both were also convicted…
Todd Macaluso, a San Diego lawyer who once represented Casey Anthony, was sentenced to federal prison for 15 years for plotting to pilot a plane full of cocaine. He was sentenced Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, months after he was found guilty of being part of an international drug ring.…
A Cook County judge in the murder case against Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has ordered a courtroom spectator who made a strange laughing sound during a hearing last Thursday to be jailed for more than five weeks and subjected to a sanity test. The two-second outburst took place…
An anonymous call to the St. Augustine police Saturday morning led to the arrest of two people on drug possession. Police claim they responded to a parking lot on South Dixie Highway and found three people sitting in a car. The people in the car allegedly consented to a search…
A Fort Myers doctor has apparently admitted to defrauding taxpayer-supported Medicare and Tricare by receiving kickbacks for prescribing certain durable medical equipment and pain medications. The doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to taking more than $470,000 in illegal payments from the supplies and pharmacy businesses between 2010 and…
A chain of podiatry clinics in St. Louis settled with the federal government for $125,000 for Medicare fraud on false claims from 2010 to 2016. The clinics apparently knowingly billed Medicare for medically necessary toenail removals, when the services provided were routine nail clippings that are not covered by the…