Authorities say a Treasure Island woman was impaired by prescription drugs when she struck a septuagenarian with her vehicle in Madiera Beach last Wednesday.Twenty-six-year-old Ashley Nicole Konforte is accused by Pinellas County Sheriffs deputies of hitting...
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Month: October 2018
Morning Shooting Leads to Afternoon Arrest of Pinellas Park Man on Felony Drug Charges
A shooting early in the day in St. Petersburg last Saturday led to an arrest on felony drug charges later that day.St. Petersburg Police responded to a report of gunfire at a residence near 22nd Avenue N. and 49th Street N. at a quarter past four on the morning of...
Gainesville Man Charged with Attempted Murder after Allegedly Shooting Father and Infant Child
A Gainesville man is in custody after authorities say he became angered at a man kissing his child goodbye.According to investigators, Torrance Lee was parked before the home of Darrell Jerrand Wilson prior to dropping off his 1-year-old son with him and his...
DUI Manslaughter Charges Given to St. Pete Beach Woman Who Allegedly Killed Pedestrian
A St. Pete Beach woman is facing charges of DUI manslaughter after Pinellas County authorities say she struck and killed a man, then fled and initiated another car wreck.Per PCSD deputies, Carolyn Jean Yovan was piloting her Lexus SUV near Captiva Circle and Blind...
Another Tampa Bay Physician Indicted on Drug Charges
Another local Tampa Bay area doctor faces federal drug charges this month. Dr. John Anthony Gianoli, III, a physician practicing in St. Petersburg and Largo, was indicted recently on five counts of illegally distributing or causing the distribution of...
Tampa Pharmacists Accused of Medicare Fraud
Five Tampa Bay-area pharmacists have been charged with defrauding the federal government and stealing from Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare, the military insurance program, by submitting fraudulent reimbursement requests for prescriptions never filled.Federal...
Los Angeles Doctor Convicted In $4.1 Million Medicare Conspiracy
A California jury last week found a Los Angeles doctor guilty of conspiracy in relation to allegations that he was involved in a Medicare kickback scheme with a local home health care agency.Prosecutors say Dr. Kanagasabai Kanakeswaran, M.D., was engaged in a...
NYC Pharmacy Store Owner Indicted On Allegations Of Defrauding Medicare And Medicaid For Over $7.9 Million
Federal prosecutors say the owner of a quartet of pharmacies in New York City submitted millions of dollars in false claims involving drugs that were not medically necessary or even disbursed to Medicare and Medicaid over the course of several years.Last Monday, Aleah...
Brooksville Man Spared Death Penalty After Trio Of First-Degree Murder Convictions
A Hernando County jury declined to sentence a Brooksville man to death for the three murders for which he was convicted in June.George Mason III will likely be given a life sentence in November after the jury deliberated on a sentence of death by lethal injection for...
Associates Of Venezuelan President Maduro Designated By OFAC
The U.S. government last week levied sanctions on four of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's closest advisers on allegations that they helped facilitate Maduro in plundering the wealth of the Venezuelan people.The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign...
