A new debate is brewing. Exactly how much power and authority should a Dallas County Constable have?
In the past, Dallas County Constables were typically only responsible for tasks such as serving civil papers and provided bailiffs to justice of the peace courts. Now however, as outlined in this Dallas Morning News article, local Constables are expanding their reach into areas typically only served by local police forces, even in some cases assembling and hiring their own dedicated teams.
Dallas County Constables are now frequently filling in areas of law enforcement in areas where local police aren’t able to. While some Dallasites believe this is a positive development, others believe Dallas Constables are crossing the authority line. Others are concerned that these Constables are providing services in areas where they have little to no training, exposing local communities to unneccessary harm in the process.
Read the Dallas Morning News Article. What’s your opinion, are Dallas County Constables crossing the line? Or simply providing a necessary and needed service for the local community?
A 28 year-old Boston man has plead guilty in a Boston court today after stealing sensitive information from millions of people in Massachusetts and New York. Albert Gonzalez was able to get debt and credit card info from large retail chains such as TJX Cos Inc, parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls. Gonzalez could be facing up to 25 years in jail. Read the rest of the article.
A federal jury said two Miami-Dade doctors and two medical assistants filed $5.3 million in bogus Medicare claims.
By JAY WEAVER
jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
They manipulated blood samples. Falsified medical records. Wrote prescriptions for HIV patients who didn’t need their obsolete drugs.
They even tossed out the infusion medication but kept the empty bottles in case Medicare investigators ever checked out their fraudulent clinics. On Tuesday, a federal jury convicted two Miami-Dade doctors and two medical assistants of plotting to submit millions of dollars in bogus bills to Medicare — a fraud case that stands out because one defendant allegedly tried to flee near the end of the trial.
The 12-person jury found Dr. David Rothman, Dr. Keith Russell, Eda Marietta Milanes and Jorge Luis Pacheco guilty of conspiring to commit fraud and other charges for filing $5.3 million in false HIV-therapy claims with the nation’s healthcare program.
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