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Beaumont Orthodontist sentenced for health care fraud

Press release from U.S Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas:

A 70-year-old Beaumont orthodontist has been sentenced to federal prison for health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales Friday, Nov 8.  

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Lions Club's Southeast Texas Strides set for Saturday, Nov. 9

“The steps that we take today help others to take steps tomorrow,” said Trish Wilson, development director at Texas Lions Camp.

The Kerrville summer camping facility serves Texas children who have physical disabilities, Down syndrome and diabetes.

The camp has two one-week summer sessions designated for children ages 8-15 with Type 1 diabetes, an insulin deficiency disease that affects about 215,000 Texans below the age of 20, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics.

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TSUS Board of Regents holds annual meeting at Lamar University

TSUS

The Board of Regents, the governing body for TSUS and its eight component institutions, held its quarterly meeting Nov. 7-8 on the campus of Lamar University in Beaumont.

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Man guilty of impregnating 12-year-old

Fransico Antonio Pacheco-Ortiz

A Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to sexually molesting and impregnating a young girl.

Francisco Antonio Pacheco-Ortiz, 26, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury Feb. 28 for aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony.

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Woman facing charges of insurance fraud

Alicia Valentine

 

A Port Arthur woman has been charged with insurance fraud after police say she tried to pull a bait and switch on her insurance company.

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Teacher convicted of innapropriate relationship

Reagan Hawkins

 

A Nederland teacher has been sentenced to serve time in state prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually molesting one of his students.

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Manhunt ends with business owner's help

 

City of Orange police arrested a total of three men after two of the suspects led them on a four-hour chase through swampy terrain and heavy woods Tuesday, Nov. 5, near the Bluebird Fish Camp off Simmons Drive in Orange.

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Guilty verdict in father/daughter rape case

 

A Beaumont man has been convicted of raping his young daughter after a two-day trial in Judge John Stevens’ Criminal District Court ended Wednesday, Nov. 6.

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Honor Southeast Texas vets this Veterans Day

 

As some Southeast Texans prepare to enjoy a three-day weekend with Veterans Day coming up on Monday, it is important to remember what we are celebrating Nov. 11. It is a time to honor our armed forces veterans and recognize their sacrifice and service, which allows us to enjoy our many freedoms provided under the United States Constitution.

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Killer transferred out of prison

Derek McBride

When Derek Wesley McBride of Bronson was convicted and sentenced to eight years in state prison in March for killing Amber Roussel on the Neches River bridge, Roussel’s family expected the sentence to be carried out.

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