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An Anderson man has been charged in U.S. District Court with a single count of health care fraud, for allegedly bilking Indiana Medicaid out of nearly $1 million. U.S. District Attorney Timothy M. Morrison announced the charge on Monday, accusing Dennis M. Lennartz of fraudulently billing the Medicaid program of $965,000. Lennartz has not been arrested. He will make an initial court appearance Jan. 20 in federal court in Indianapolis.
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A Madison County man is free from prison for the first time in 16 years. 42-year old Walter Goudy was released from the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Thursday. He was convicted of murder in the 1994 killing of Marvin McCloud of Anderson, a conviction overturned by a federal appeals court. Officials opted to release Goudy [...]
The release of Walter Goudy will play a role in Madison County politics this fall. Republican prosecutor candidate Rodney Cummings says he’ll re-try Goudy for the murder of Marvin McCloud, who was shot to death outside the former Oasis Tavern. Cummings was the lead police detective on the case before he was elected prosecutor. Cummings [...]
A New Castle woman has been arrested on three charges of Social Security fraud. 49-year old Viola Whalen is accused of receiving benefit payments for one of her children whose father had died. Investigators say that child was actually being cared for by other relatives. Officials say Whalen fraudulently collected about $117,000 in Social Security [...]