State police are investigating four fires at four different homes in Lincoln County that they say were intentionally set.

The fires happened last week in the McKinney Community between Friday and Saturday.

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At least three homes were destroyed and one was severely damaged.

The arson task force is offering a $1,000 reward, leading to an arrest.

A Louisville chiropractor and his office assistant were charged by federal grand jury today with health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, mail fraud, identity theft and obstruction of a criminal investigation for their roles in billing private insurance companies and government health care agencies with services that were never performed, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

According to the 25 count indictment, Devin Thauberger, age 44 , and Trish Muir age 27, conspired to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare, Passport, Anthem, Humana, Geico, Shelter, Nationwide, and other insurance carriers, that falsely and fraudulently sought reimbursement for services which were never provided to patients, including times in which Thauberger was out of the country and unable to provide services.

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Between April 2009 and March 2014 the defendants are charged with submitting claims for services, which the indictment charges were never performed. According to the indictment false claims were submitted and billed on at least eleven occasions and totaled nearly $200,000.

Further, according to the Indictment, the identities of patients, along with their personal information was used to fraudulently charge insurance companies and government health care agencies for services that were not performed.

Also, beginning in August 2013, and continuing until at least July 2014, the defendants are charged with willfully obstructing the criminal investigation of Federal health care violations by altering or causing patient records to be altered and attempting to influence the testimony of witnesses.

During all times relevant to this indictment, Thauberger was a doctor of chiropractic, licensed to practice in the state of Kentucky, and had been a chiropractor for approximately nine (9) years. Thauberger Chiropractic, P.S.C. (TCP) was a Kentucky corporation located at 8511 Preston Highway, in Louisville, Kentucky. Defendant Thauberger was the president and sole owner of TCP from 2005 through all times relevant to this Indictment. Beginning in 2010, the defendant, Trisha Muir, became employed by TCP and reported directly to defendant Thauberger. By April 2011, Muir was responsible for billing for services purportedly provided by TCP, which included submitting reimbursement claims to insurance companies and patients for chiropractic services purportedly provided by TCP.

If convicted at trial the defendants face no more than 10 years for counts one and two, no more than 20 years for each count of mail fraud, no more than two years for each count of aggravated identity theft, no more than five years for each count of obstruction of a criminal investigation and a fine of $6,250,000.00.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lettricea Jefferson-Webb and is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Kentucky Office of Attorney General’s Kentucky Medical Fraud Control Unit.

The indictment of a person by a Grand Jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The Decatur Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating an individual who was reported as a missing/endangered person by Decatur Care Manor.

Decatur police say Marlow Johnson, 59, walked away from Decatur Manor Care at about 8:50 a.m. on November 1.  Police say Johnson was due to return to Decatur Manor Care to 8:00 p.m., but did not come back.  Police say Johnson is in need of medication.

Johnson is described as standing 6’0″ and weighing 180 pounds.  He was wearing a straw hat, brown coat, and blue jeans.  Police say Johnson was last seen in the 1400 block of East Pershing Road in Decatur.

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If you have any information on the whereabouts of Marlow Johnson, you are asked to contact the Decatur Police Department at (217) 424-2711.

A Laurel County child is in critical condition at the University of Kentucky Hospital after, his family says, he was hit by a car while riding his skateboard.

The 12-year-old’s mother, Tonya Landry, says she’s thankful it was a nurse behind the wheel, who could help the boy on scene after the accident.

Landry says her son was riding his skateboard with his cousin around noon Tuesday when he was hit by a car near Second and Spring streets in London.

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David, better known as Bub, was immediately airlifted to UK, where he remains on life support Wednesday. He suffered five broken ribs, punctured lungs and a spleen, and a broken collarbone.

The boy’s mother, who has stayed by his side at the hospital since the accident, says David will likely remain on life support throughout the day. She is hopeful he will survive.

A Dawson County woman said a fire that destroyed her house was an accident, but now a district attorney has issued a warrant for her arrest. The woman is facing felony charges.

Nancy Phillips’ home was destroyed in March when a when a propane explosion destroyed her house on Wildwood Court in Dawsonville.

Phillips told Channel 2’s Diana Davis that the home had been up for sale for more than a year. Six weeks ago, she showed Davis a letter from her insurance company. Allstate denied her entire claim, saying they believe the fire was set intentionally.

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“They believe that I had something to do with it, starting the fire, or arranging to have the fire started,” said Phillips.

Tuesday the Dawson County district attorney issued a warrant for Phillips’ arrest on insurance fraud charges, which is a felony.

“The state fire marshal investigation shared information with the insurance company, and we’ve just put all that together,” said Tim Satterfield with the Dawson County Emergency Services.

In September, Davis asked Phillips if she was in any financial trouble when the house burned. She admitted she had lost large monthly Social Security payments to her children. She was cut off once they turned 18.

“Their father was deceased and I knew my income was going down in the future,” said Phillips.

In tears, she insisted she had nothing to do with the explosion or the fire.

“That was my life. This is my children’s life. It was everything. This was everything I own,” said Phillips.

The State Fire Marshall and other investigators say her statements don’t add up. Phillips is now in Florida. The county called Phillips’ lawyer informing her of the warrant.

“They now have the option to come back. If not, we’ve also contacted the state fire marshal in Florida to assist in picking her up,” said Statterfield.

The insurance fraud warrant may be the first of several more for Phillips.

“Other warrants are pending at this time,” said Statterfield.

Those additional charges against Phillips are expected to be filed in the next few weeks.

Divers returned to Laurel Lake today searching for a man reported missing more than two years ago.

32-year-old Clarence Holmes was boating on Laurel Lake during the Fourth of July weekend, when severe storms swept through the area.

Holmes’ boat was found near an island but Holmes was not on the vessel. Divers from Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky spent about seven hours on the water, hoping to finally give Holmes’ family some closure.

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“Somebody’s got to get him. Somebody’s got to find him. He’s here. We know he is. We have the evidence he was here. If we didn’t when we brought the k9s in we’d be saying ‘look we’re not sure where he is but we’re not finding anything.’ But we know he is. Nobody else is missing out here,” says Mark Michaud, a diver on the search mission.

Divers will continue to explore Laurel Lake through Friday.

ViCAP Alert

Contact ViCAP for information on how your agency can obtain access to the ViCAP Web National Crime Database and view this case. Additional ViCAP Alerts can be viewed at: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/.

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Unidentified Human Remains – Rice, Virginia

Attention: Violent Crime/Missing Person/Cold Case/Crime Analysis Units

Found on 04/05/2008 in Rice, Virginia

11/4/2014

On 4/5/2008 the unidentified remains of a white male were located in the Sandy River Reservoir in Rice, Virginia. The victim was fully clothed, wearing blue Levi jeans with a black, long-sleeved sweatshirt and a t-shirt with a Disney design on the front. The design depicted Mickey Mouse hang gliding, with the words “Hanging Out Over California.” Foul play is suspected in the cause of death.

Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 35-50
Height: Approximately 5’7”
Weight: Approximately 180 lbs.
Hair: Balding/brown
Tattoos: Neck, left arm, and right arm

ViCAP alert: 2014-10-02

To provide or request additional information, please contact Lieutenant Richard Hurak, Prince Edward County, Virginia, Sheriffs Office at 434-392-8101 or rhurak@co.prince-edward.va.us or the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) at 800-634-4097 or vicap@leo.gov.

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The Chelsea Police Department has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 87-year-old man.

Christy Blake was last seen Monday in a blue Chevrolet Impala bearing Oklahoma tag 235DUU, police said.

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Customs and Border Protection officers seized about $565,000 in drugs and arrested six in separate smuggling incidents across Arizona’s ports of entry this weekend, authorities said.

In Nogales, CBP officers seized five pounds of cocaine and 78 pounds of methamphetamine in three separate incidents between Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

On Friday, officers working at the Mariposa Port of Entry arrested a 21-year old man from Nogales, Sonora after a secondary inspection turned up 18 pounds of methamphetamine worth close to $54,000 hidden in the bumper of his Mercury sedan, a news release said.

The same day, officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing arrested a 62-year old woman also from Nogales, Sonora after a drug dog alerted to the presence of drugs in her Isuzu SUV. An inspection revealed nearly five pounds of cocaine worth $52,000 and 46 pounds of meth worth almost $137,000 hidden in the vehicle’s rear quarter panels.

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On Saturday, officers at Mariposa arrested a woman from Goodyear, Ariz. after a drug dog helped officers find 14 pounds of meth worth more than $42,000 in the rear seats of her Dodge sedan, the release said.

In Naco, officers arrested a 26-year old Mexican man for attempting to smuggle 60 pounds of marijuana through the port on Saturday.

Customs and Border Protection officers arrested Jose Humberto Osuna-Carvajal after officers turned up 57 packages of marijuana worth an estimated $30,000. A drug dog helped officers find the marijuana hidden compartments in the floor of his Mercedes sedan.

Meanwhile in Douglas, officers arrested two people for smuggling attempts on Saturday.

Officers arrested Douglas resident Rosalylya Espinosa-Lopez, 30, when a drug dog detected nearly 246 pounds of marijuana worth $123,000 hidden in the bumper and body of her Pontiac sedan.

Later that day, Manuel De Jesus Lopez-Montano, 65, was arrested for attempting to smuggle nearly 255 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $127,000, stashed in his Dodge truck.

All five were handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the vehicles and drugs were seized, the release said.