Last week the Federal government announced sanctions against a quartet of petrochemical firms they say are providing help to the Iranian petroleum industry despite longstanding sanctions. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...
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Month: January 2020
Tampa Man Charged With DUI Manslaughter After Fatal Car Accident
A Tampa man is facing drunk driving manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges after Pinellas County authorities say he killed a woman while driving impaired. Police say the 23-year-old man was traveling eastbound on 18th Avenue South in the early evening of January...
Attempted Ambush Of Pinellas County Deputy Leads To Felony Murder Charge For St. Pete Man
A St. Petersburg man is facing felony murder charges after a Pinellas County undercover deputy killed an accomplice as both men allegedly tried to kill him last week. According to the deputy, he was working with the department's task force on violent crime as it...
Florida man gets 22 years in prison in fentanyl death
A Florida man was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Jan. 22 after pleading guilty to selling a fatal dose of heroin laced with fentanyl.Calvin Warren, Jr., 37, admitted to second-degree murder in the overdose death of Thomas Matuseski in 2018. Warren is the first...
Trio Of Local Men Indicted By Federal Prosecutors For Alleged Murder-For-Hire Slaying One Year Ago
A trio of local men are now under Federal indictment due to allegations that they are responsible for a murder-for-hire scheme that culminated in a fatal shooting a year ago. Federal prosecutors say a rivalry between two alleged drug dealers was the catalyst for the...
Ohio Pain Management Clinic To Pay Feds $650,000 To Settle Allegations Of Medicare Fraud
An Ohio pain management clinic and its owner agreed last week to pay the Federal government $650,000 in order to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing Medicare for medically-unnecessary or unprovided services. Investigators say...
Sleep Apnea Device Firm Agrees To Pay Feds $37.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
A California-based manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) agreed to pay the Federal government $37.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to health care providers in exchange for prescribing patients its...
Accused of drug charges? Build a solid defense
Drug charges have the potential to have a real impact on your life. If you end up with a conviction, you could struggle to find work, lose your job or find yourself troubled in other ways. There's the potential for high fines and even a prison sentence, depending on...
Seminole Man Facing Felony DUI Charge After Third Drunk Driving Arrest
Authorities in Pinellas County say the third time was decidedly not a charm for a Seminole man they arrested last week on suspicion of drunk driving. Deputies say the 50-year-old man first came to their attention by way of an off-duty firefighter/EMT who reported on...
Plant City Man Facing First-Degree Murder Charge After Allegedly Deadly Carjacking
Prosecutors are adding a murder charge to a Plant City man's list of charges after a person he allegedly shot during a carjacking last week passed away. Authorities say the individual responsible is a 27-year-old man on Colson Road last Tuesday who attempted to hail...
