An Ohio man has been sentenced in a fraud case after investigators from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video not only showing him working a roofing job while receiving benefits, but also leaving the worksite to attend …
A New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to a charge he fraudulently received a federal disaster loan to repair damage to his home after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Forty-eight-year-old Ronald Stimage faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in …
A Michigan man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he agreed to buy two tour buses from a Vermont company for $600,000, but then took them without paying for them. Fifty-four-year-old Seth Murdock of Detroit entered the pleas Tuesday …
A Travis County court sentenced Clifford K. Franklin of Village Mills, Texas to 180 days in jail based on workers’ compensation fraud charges relating to $1,453 in benefits he fraudulently received, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Franklin reported a …
A Eugene man will spend more than 27 years in prison after being convicted of running a car theft ring in the woods outside rural Cheshire. The sentence Friday in Lane County Circuit Court is even longer than the 20 …
Frederick police have charged a man with setting seven fires in Frederick since March. Thirty-four-year-old Jason Edward Fauble of no fixed address was arrested Tuesday and charged with arson and other offenses. Police say Fauble is a registered sex offender …
The son of a former Toledo fire chief has been arrested in connection with a string of attacks at city fire stations. The Blade newspaper reports that Kevin P. Wolever was taken into custody Saturday night. In a Sunday morning …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reports that a Travis County district court has sentenced Thomas Mikulenka of League City, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Mikulenka to three years’ deferred adjudication and 100 hours of community service. Mikulenka …
A Floyd County grand jury has cleared three officers in the death of a Wisconsin man after a chase in northern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says Tuesday that a grand jury concluded no charges will be filed …
Police say a Macon man accused of stealing a taxicab told officers he drove it to Wendy’s because he didn’t want to walk to the fast-food restaurant. The Telegraph of Macon reports that 22-year-old Gene Cornett has been charged with …