Ky attorney disbarred over criminal conviction
A Lexington attorney has been permanently disbarred after admitting to taking $631,000 from a client over a 20-year period and another $46,000 in a separate case. The Kentucky Supreme Court concluded...
View ArticleMDH investigates financial exploitation complaint
HIBBING — An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Office of Health Facility Complaints (OHFC) has substantiated an allegation of financial exploitation by a Fairview HealthLine...
View ArticleWoman in custody a year after arrest warrants issued for financial exploitation
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The fifth, and final, woman accused of stealing more than $260,000 from a Leland man's checking account is finally in custody – nearly a year after arrest warrants were...
View ArticleSeniors with dementia express themselves, connect with others in drumming circle
Standing in a room full of lined faces, Alan Yellowitz held up an orange drum shaped like a wineglass. “This one’s called a djembe,” he said. “It’s from Ghana.” The 30 or so people watching him had,...
View ArticleTonight on T.S. Radio: Updates on June Guinn and Jimmy Suski with Marcia...
Marcia Southwick will join us from New Mexico. Join us this evening as we update our listeners on the June E Guinn case that saw a major change thanks to the hard work of Linda Kincaid. Also, Jimmy...
View ArticleLegal Matters: Petition for guardianship an option for those who need help
People have the right to make bad decisions. Dad can buy a new vacuum cleaner every week and stack them floor to ceiling. Although he is probably making his family crazy, he is not necessarily legally...
View ArticleStefani allowed to practice law in federal court
Attorney Michael Stefani, who lost his law license for 30 days over his handling of the text message scandal that landed former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is jail, can practice law in Detroit...
View ArticleFormer Jasper County Official Sentenced for Document Fraud
A former public administrator of Jasper County, Missouri was sentenced in federal court today for document fraud, which was part of a scheme in which she illegally obtained federal benefits for her...
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Anthony Marshall being consoled by his wife, Charlene, after sentencing. The final curtain in Anthony Marshall’s quest for freedom came down Friday after a judge ordered the 89-year-old to begin his...
View ArticleIllinois judges seeking assistance at faster pace
SPRINGFIELD — The cocaine-induced death of a downstate Illinois judge in March and the arrest last month of a colleague on drug-related charges comes at a time when more attorneys than ever are seeking...
View ArticleGeorgette Braun: Alzheimer’s tears at family of admired local actor
Thousands of Rockfordians remember Rod MacDonald as “Roddy Mac,” the funny, tassled-hat-wearing star of thousands of WREX-TV kids shows in the 1950s and ’60s. Robert Greenblatt, NBC entertainment...
View ArticleAuburn woman arrested for bilking $400,000 in fake cancer scheme
A 51-year-old Auburn woman was arrested Monday on federal wire fraud charges for faking cancer and bilking more than $400,000 from an elderly Auburn resident who believed her story. U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleEx-judges shouldn’t call selves ‘Judge,’ panel says
Once a judge doesn’t mean always a judge. With few exceptions, a former judge may not continue to use a judicial title, according to an advisory opinion issued yesterday by the disciplinary arm of the...
View ArticleLinda Kincaid Reports: Modesto elder abuse: Professional fiduciary Laurie...
Since 2008, professional fiduciary Laurie Jamison has hidden June Guinn, 88, from her family. Until a week ago, family say they did not know where June was hidden or if she was still alive. Thanks to...
View ArticleFlint man arraigned on charges of first degree elder abuse of partially blind...
FLINT, MI – A 47-year-old Flint man has been arraigned on charges of first-degree vulnerable adult abuse of his 67-year-old mother after authorities dispatched to a Flint home said they observed...
View ArticleGuardianship abuse has serious implications: Study
RIYADH— Men who exercise absolute control over the rights of women are considered one of the detrimental problems facing Saudi society, according to a new study. This tendency represents the harshest...
View ArticlePhoenix woman sentenced to 30 days in jail for bilking elderly man
Phoenix resident Gail Louise Olson will spend 30 days in jail and pay restitution for taking financial advantage of an elderly man she befriended for four years, a Jackson County judge decided...
View ArticleSullivan Town Court Judge Resigns Over Tirade at Teenager
On several occasions during the summer of 2011, someone stole money from a farm stand that James P. Roman operated on his property in Madison County, N.Y. Convinced he had found the culprit that...
View ArticleState declines to investigate vast majority of hospital complaints
Illinois officials didn't look into 85 percent of the 560 hospital complaints received last year, even when the reports alleged violations such as patient abuse A patient at Harrisburg Medical Center...
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