Posts Tagged ‘attorney’
Eric Conn Goes On The Lam
About a month before he was to be sentenced for Social Security disability fraud, former attorney Eric Conn disappeared, and his lawyer says that the FBI is “ramping up” its efforts to bring him in. The FBI has few clues, other than a discarded ankle monitor on Interstate 75 and a few items seized from…
Read MoreCar Crash Kills Boyle County Teen
A 16 year old was a passenger in a single-car accident just east of Danville; and the unnamed victim, who was partially ejected from the vehicle, died at the scene. The unnamed victim, and three other juveniles whose names were not released, were in a 2003 Chevrolet Impala when the teenage driver apparently lost control of…
Read MoreEminence Woman Charged With DUI And Murder
In a case that smacks of overagressive DUI prosecution, Henry County prosecutors pressed murder charges against a 27-year-old woman following a fatal collision. Responding to a 9-1-1 tip, police arrived at a crash scene on Lake Jericho Road. According to witnesses, the driver crossed the center line and crashed into 34-year-old Louisville resident, who was pronounced dead…
Read More‘Mr. Social Security’ Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Conn’s Hotties are no more, as Eastern Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn admitted in court that he falsified more than 1,700 social security disability applications that are worth as much as $550 million in lifetime benefits. In 2011, a whistleblower first drew attention to the long-running scam, which included Mr. Conn, a stable of psychologists and…
Read MoreHow To Defend A Criminal Case
To obtain the best result possible under the circumstances in any criminal defense matter, an attorney must closely scrutinize both the law and the facts. A recent story from Louisville illustrates this process. Authorities charged 38-year-old Lamberto Mendoza-Valle with muder and DUI-Fourth after a wreck near the intersection of Oakwood and Taylor. According to police, Mr.…
Read MoreVA Expands Disbaility Benefits
Former servicemembers who were exposed to contaminated water at a North Carolina Marine Corps base are now eligible for veterans disability benefuts, the government announced.
Read MoreSerious Car Accident In Fort Wright Raises Liability Questions
One person is dead, and three others seriously injured, after a three-car collision that authorities are still examining to determine fault.
Read MoreSSDI And Gun Control: An Unlikely Tandem
Some Congressional Republicans feel like eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance should not mean ineligibility to own firearms. In the wake of a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, former President Barack Obama spearheaded a rule that required the Social Security Administration to report recipients to the FBI. Because this information appeared…
Read MoreSerious Injury Crash In McCracken County
Four people were hurt, and another one killed, when a driver ignored a red light, leading to a serious vehicle collision. The wreck happened near the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 (Future City Road) and Metropolis Lake Road in West Paducah. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, a 90-year-old Barlow resident, was distracted by the late…
Read MoreLawmakers Prioritize New Nursing Home
Bowling Green Democrat Jody Richards will not be Speaker Pro Tem in the next House session, but he plans to aggressively push the local agenda in Frankfort. For the first time since Rep. Richards came to the statehouse in 1976, Republicans control the Commonwealth’s House of Representatives. Nevertheless, he believes his “history of treating the minority…
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