Teresa Abney BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Tyrone Hassel was fatally shot in an ambush on New Year’s Eve while visiting his family in St. Joseph Township. It was a mystery until a murder plot emerged. 23-year-old Tyrone Hassel III had left a family gathering to take a plate of food to his wife, Kemia. … Read more
ENVY: A love infatuation ends with a perceived rival’s death. Sheila Davalloo was enamored with her co-worker at a pharmaceutical company in Stamford, Connecticut. One thing stood in her way—his girlfriend Anna Lisa. Table of Contents Anna Lisa Raymundo’s Murder Anna Lisa began her day working from home. She had spoken with her mother at … Read more
Tara Lynn Grant disappeared in Michigan. Her husband and stay-at-home dad, Stephen C. Grant, reported her missing 5 days later on Valentine’s Day. Her dismembered body was found scattered in Stoney Creek Metro Park. Table of Contents About Tara Lynn Grant Tara was a mother of two children. The 34-year-old businesswoman was a successful consultant … Read more
Catfished is a term used to describe a deceptive activity where a person creates a fake identity on a social network account, targeting a specific victim for abuse, deception, harassment, stalking, or fraud, including romance scams, whether it is for financial gain or, to compromise a victim in some way. Catfishing can also be used … Read more
Investigation Reports. Authorities are Cracking Down on the Massive Amounts of Oxycodone Pain Pills Disbursed Through Pain Management Clinics, Reaping Millions of Dollars Some pain clinics have represented themselves as primarily focused on pain management, but they knowingly and intentionally conspired to distribute and dispense oxycodone pills in connection with their operation. The abuse of … Read more
A pill mill is a type of business that prescribes narcotic medications such as pain killers in more significant numbers than would be prescribed in regular physician offices. Investigators came up with the name “pill mills.” According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, an estimated 7,500 pill mills were operating in the United States. Physicians … Read more
Investigation Reports. Oxycodone was a money-maker for these criminal enterprises operating as pain management clinics or medical clinics. Red Flags: These centers received many patients daily, including people from out of state, accepting cash payments only for prescription pills. One cash-only pain clinic paid doctors to prescribe opioids to nearly all patients who visited the … Read more
Investigation Reports. Physicians prescribed pain pills outside the bounds of legitimate medical practice. The offenses included a conspiracy to dispense oxycodone and other pharmaceutical drugs without a legitimate medical purpose. These medical doctors distributed copious quantities of opiate-based pills to scores of drug-seeking patients. The Owners and Operators of these Pain Relief Centers generated mass profits … Read more
Some doctors, medical professionals, and their co-conspirators intentionally conspired to dispense enormous quantities of oxycodone pills. These pain management schemes involve medically unnecessary prescription drugs. Many of these investigations stem from business operations of what was, in essence, a ‘pill mill’ rather than a medical practice focused on pain management. Opioids are a type of … Read more
As the fight against the opioid crisis continues, authorities are shutting down rogue pain clinics that prescribe huge amounts of oxycodone pills and hook people with chronic pain and drug addiction. Practitioners are required or recommended to both perform a physical examination on the patient and to assess potential substance abuse disorder prior to prescribing … Read more