by Associated Press Published: June 19,2013
Tags: bench, court, fraud, health, health benefits, health care, insurance, judge, justice, law, legal, medical, medicine
GREENVILLE —A 31-year-old Greenville woman has been indictment on seven counts of Medicaid fraud. The attorney general’s office says Marguerite Wilson turned herself in to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office June 11 following indictment by a local grand jury. In a news release, the attorney general’s office says Wilson was working as a case manager [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 19,2013
Tags: bench, court, crime, fraud, judge, justice, law, legal, mail, package, plea, shipper, shipping, trial
GULFPORT — A trial date has been set for a couple accused of running a fraudulent shipping business in Biloxi. The Sun Herald reports 34-year-old Dustin Lee Griswold and his wife, 37-year-old Jennifer Lynn Griswold, pleaded not guilty Monday in U.S. District Court. Their trial date is Aug. 5 A grand jury indicted each on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 19,2013
Tags: attorney general, drugs, Internet, law, lawyer, legal, online, pharmaceuticals, sales, subpoena
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood says he still considers Google’s responses to allegations that it’s not doing enough to prevent illegal online sales of drugs without prescriptions and says he’s sending out subpoenas for company documents to further his investigation. Hood urged fellow attorneys general from other states to do the same at a [...] [...]
JACKSON — A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. Tracey Lynn Garner entered the plea today in Hinds County Circuit Court. Judge Winston Kidd says he’ll consider Garner’s request to be released on bond. Kidd also extended a gag order to prevent [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 17,2013
Tags: alderman, appeal, bench, board of alderman, chief of police, court, fire, fired, firing, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, law enforecement, legal, municipal, municipality, police, policeman, terminate, terminating, termination, town
COMO — A federal appeals panel has upheld the award of $50,000 to former Como police chief Cleve Gale for “emotional distress” after his 2008 firing from the chief’s job. A federal jury ruled for Gale in 2012. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the verdict June 13, denying [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 16,2013
Tags: arrest, county, county government, fraud, law, law enforcement, legal, license, state agency, state government, state law, surveyor
NEW AUGUSTA — The attorney general’s office says Billy Eugene Brewer, the surveyor in Greene County, has been charged with performing four surveys on properties in Perry County while being unlicensed and illegally using another surveyor’s name and license. Attorney General Jim Hood says in a news release that the 69-year-old Brewer was arrested at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 16,2013
Tags: bench, bookkeeper, court, crime, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, missing, plea, steal
HAZLEHURST — Linda Gale Reed has pleaded not guilty to three counts of embezzlement. Reed entered the plea Friday in Copiah County Circuit Court in Hazlehurst. Circuit Judge Lamar Pickard denied bail for Reed and set her trial for July 23. The 65-year-old Reed was first reported missing in April 2012 by her daughter after [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 14,2013
Tags: appeal, court, crime, doctor, frand, health, health benefits, health care, insurance, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, medical, medicine, physician
JACKSON — A Mississippi doctor convicted of orchestrating a $6.9-million Medicaid and Medicare fraud scheme will have her appeal heard in July by federal judges in New Orleans. Oral arguments in the appeal by Dr. Cassandra Faye Thomas will be heard July 10 by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 13,2013
Tags: bench, bookkeeper, court, crime, disappearance, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judiciary, juducial, justice, law, legal, missing, trial
HAZLEHURST — Linda Gale Reed will be arraigned tomorrow before Copiah County Circuit Judge Lamar Pickard on three counts of embezzlement. Reed was served with an indictment June 7 at the county jail. The court hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday in Hazlehurst. The 65-year-old Reed was reported missing in April 2012. Her status [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 11,2013
Tags: computer, drug, Internet, law, legal, medication, medicine, prescription drug, state government, video
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood says Google appears to be removing online videos that give instructions on how to buy drugs without a prescription. Hood threatened legal action against Google last week, saying the Internet giant wasn’t doing enough to stop sales without prescriptions and was even profiting by selling ads next to the [...] [...]
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