Two brothers from Colts Neck — Anhuar Bandy and Karim Bandy —who already admitted in 2015 to operating an auto insurance fraud ring, were hit with a new lawsuit Tuesday.

This new suit was filed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, along with Allstate auto insurance company, which wants to be reimbursed for claims it paid out under the Bandys’ admitted earlier fraud.

In May of 2014, Bandy, his brother Karim, and ten others were arrested. Prosecutors said they started an auto insurance fraud scheme in 2009: The brothers paid illegal “runners” to recruit motor vehicle accident victims as patients for their chiropractic facilities. The brothers also received kickbacks from certain medical providers and personal injury attorneys in exchange for referring their illegally-acquired patients to those businesses.

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The brothers owned chiropractic clinics in Camden, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean and Union counties. However, neither Bandy brother is a licensed chiropractor or medical doctor.

On July 7, 2015, Anhuar and Karim Bandy both pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in the second degree.

The newest suit accuses Anhuar Bandy of masterminding a sophisticated, widespread personal injury mill involving 78 defendants. The new lawsuit also names Plainfield personal injury lawyer David Walker, Esq., of Rockaway and his paralegal Alexandra Gallegos of Piscataway. Both Walker and Gallegos were among those arrested in 2014. The suit alleges that Walker and Gallegos paid kickbacks to Bandy in exchange for referring clients to their firm.

In the new suit, the state of New Jersey is seeking a fine from the Bandy brothers and Allstate is seeking reimbursement for insurance benefits it paid out under their fraud scheme.

A Charlotte man is accused of having inappropriate relationships with children after a month long undercover investigation by Lincolnton Police.

The operation involved undercover detectives portraying a child on various social media outlets. During the operation detectives and Churchwell made an agreement for Churchwell to meet the child in Lincolnton in order to have an unlawful sexual relationship.

Churchwell showed up at the planned location to meet the child where he was then arrested.

Churchwell was charged with one count of solicit a child for an unlawful sex act by a computer and appearing to meet such child, four counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor, and one count of third degree sexual exploitation of a child, all felony charges.

He was given a $250,000 secured bond. His first court appearance was on Thursday, December 29.

As a result of the arrest, further evidence was located that appears to show that Churchwell has participated in sexual acts with children in the past, according to police. A search warrant was issued for Churchwell’s residence in Charlotte. Lincolnton Police Department and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers executed the search warrant. Additional evidence was located and seized.

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“Evidence discovered in this case shows that Churchwell possessed pornographic and obscene pictures of children. This evidence has been seized and an effort will be made to determine the possible sources of the images and to try to locate and identify any potential victims from the evidence. All resources available will be utilized in an effort to locate and identify the victims as well as to determine the chain of distribution, if any, of the images” said Lt. Jason Munday of the Lincolnton Police Department. “The main goal is to identify any other potential victims in an effort to provide services as needed and to develop any other potential charges towards Churchwell and any other offenders associated with this case.”

This case is still active and additional charges are possible.

If anyone can provide any information about Churchwell or this case or any other possible victims as it relates to Churchwell please contact Lincolnton Police Department at (704) 736-8900.

An Albertville man has been arrested for traveling to meet a child for sex, according to Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and Investigator Adam Chapman.

David Lee Stephens, 42, also is charged with interference with custody.

Stephens allegedly picked up a 15-year-old female and took her to a residence for the purpose of committing a sex act.

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He currently is in the Marshall County Jail for an unrelated charge – possession of obscene material, according the Marshall County Inmate Database. He was jailed Dec. 15 on a $10,000 bond.

Stephens will be brought to the Etowah County Detention Center at a later time with a $50,000 cash bond.

A Chapel Hill man has been charged with five sex crimes with a child under the age of 12, according to multiple outlets.

Reports cite a release from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office saying 62-year-old Jeffrey Behun, of 2722 Damascus Church Road, has been arrested. Behun is facing four counts of felony indecent liberties with a child and one count of felony statutory sexual offense.

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The release said the incidents are alleged to have occurred in Orange and Chatham counties with a single victim under the age of 12.

Behun is being held under a $20,000 secured bond and is set to appear in court on January 23.

Lexington Police are investigating after a motel clerk was robbed at gunpoint.

Police tell LEX 18 that the suspect entered the lobby of the Motel 6 on Elkhorn Drive and pointed a silver handgun at the clerk. The suspect demanded cash and then fled on foot.

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The clerk described the robber as a white male standing about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. A ski mask covered his face so a more detailed description was not available. If you have information on the subject’s identity, contact police.

An Elizabethtown man has been arrested and charged with murder early Wednesday morning, hours after a woman was found lying in a pool of blood at a group home.

According to WAVE 3 News, a woman was found stabbed to death on the floor a group home in Elizabethtown about 10:48 p.m. Tuesday night. The victim’s name has not been released but officials say she was an employee

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Lindale Cunningham, 32, was arrested at 3:46 a.m. Cunningham was a resident at the home. The suspect told deputies he stabbed the woman.

He is being held at the Hardin County Detention Center on a charge of murder.

A former Iowa resident has been given seven years in prison for stealing identities, filing false tax returns and lying to get housing aid.

Police are seeking information that may help them locate 28-year-old Robert Jason Barroso of Battle Creek after finding his car on Monday, Jan. 2.

Barroso is 5-feet 10 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds and has shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes.

He has multiple tattoos on his left arm and one on his left ankle, police said in a news release about their efforts to find him.

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The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office located a 2006 Lincoln Zephyr, registered in Barroso’s name, in rural Lee Township. The Battle Creek Police Department has investigated Barroso as a missing person since Dec. 27.

he Calhoun County Major Crimes Task Force was activated on Monday and continues to investigate. K-9 officers are actively searching the area where the vehicle was recovered, authorities said.

Anyone with information about Barroso is asked to contact the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office at 269-558-0520 ext. 4131, the Battle Creek Police Department at 269-966-3349, or Silent Observer at 269-964-3888 or 269-781-9700.

Police are hoping that a look at surveillance photos will help generate some leads in the case of a Lexington robbery that happened just days before Christmas.

On December 23, detectives say that two men went inside of ‘Beat the Clock Tax Services’ and robbed the business while another man waited outside in a black Ford Explorer.

“The two male Hispanics that went into the business were armed with a handgun,” said Detective Mark Thomas with the Lexington Police Department. “They bound the employee and one customer, and then proceeded to rob the store.”

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Maged Ghrayib, who runs the check cashing service, said he was held at gunpoint.

“He put me on the ground with a gun on my head, and he clicked the gun, he want to shoot me,” said Ghrayib.

Ghrayib said he was bound with duct tape as the robbers got away with cash, his cellphone, and his wallet.

“We really want to reach out to the good people in the community to see if they can give us a name before something like this happens again,” said Detective Thomas.

If you have any information leading to an arrest, Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000. You can call in your tip to (859) 253-2020. You can also text or email your information.

A tip led police to the bottom of a pond in Breathitt County.

That’s where they are searching for evidence in the unsolved murders of Michael and Crystal Hufstetler. The couple from Michigan were found shot to death in a burned out car in Southwood in 2012.

The homeowners where the pond is located say police first arrived about 11:00 am, and told them they were looking for a gun in connection to a double murder.

Crews spent hours on a rainy day draining this pond behind a home off Redneck Road.

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Emergency Management Director Chris Friley says state police were tipped off that some evidence in a 2012 Breathitt County double murder may be at the bottom of the pond.

So they borrowed pumps from the fire department to drain the water.

“We were using metal detectors and rakes just trying to sift thru the mud. But it was so soft, and you couldn’t take a step without sinking three feet in mud,” said Friley.

Friley says he isn’t sure if and when KSP will return to the pond to search.