Cunningham sentenced to 18 months for billing fraud
Former Bluefield physician Dr. Dean S. Cunningham, 47, of Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced in U S District Court to 18 months in prison for fraudulently billing federal health insurers. He was ordered to pay 214000 in restitution and remanded to U S Marshals custody. Pro bono counsel described the defense. The judge noted Cunningham cooperation but denied extraordinary acceptance of responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham
Bluefield
Dean S. Cunningham
Manassas
U.S. District Court
Omar Aboulhosn
Ward Morgan
Aboulhosn
Morgan
Aboulhosa
U.S
L. Anna Crawford
David A. Faber
West Virginia
Faber
Crawford
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Princeton man gets 30 months for fire bombing
Samuel Lee Thompson of Princeton pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot to fire bomb the home of the late Cheryl VanBlaricom on Sept 6 2000. He received a 30 month sentence after delivering strong cooperation to prosecutors including grand jury testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Mercer County
Kegley
Samuel Lee Thompson
Princeton
Cheryl A. VanBlaricom
VanBlaricom
U.S
Bryant J. Spann
Thompson
Spann
Hershel K. Sanson
Sanson
Gregory Scott Russ
Russ
van Blaricom
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Skygusty murders pre-trial hearing for third defendant
The McDowell County Circuit Court held a pre-trial hearing for Jamie Jones II, 17, linked to the Skygusty double murder of John Stepp and Kimmie Stepp on April 9 2001. A suppression hearing was set for Thursday to address Jones statements to a state police investigator and two phone calls the night of the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reginald
Jamie’ Jones II
Anawalt
John D. Stepp
Kimmie Stepp
Skygusty
Jones
Gloria Stephens
Brad Mankins
West Virginia State Police
Stephens
Mankins
McDowell County
Rudolph J. “Rick” Marensky II
Murensky
Sid Bell
Marensky
Bell
Troy Sarver
Tsarver
Bdtonline
Sentencing delayed for man in 1989 Pocahontas triple murder
Samuel Stephen Ealy, 39, of Pocahontas, convicted on federal charges tied to the April 16, 1989 murders of Robert Davis, Una Mae Davis, and her son Robert Hopewell, has sentencing delayed to November 8 in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. Jury selection for co defendant Walter Lesight Church, 47, of Princeton, begins September 4. a motions hearing on mental retardation issues for Church is set for August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Robert Britto
Bluefield
Thomas Eugene King
Anawalt
Abingdon
Tazewell County
Pocahontas
Samuel Stephen Ealy
U.S. District Court
Robert Davis
Una Mae Davis
Robert Hopewell
Davises
Hopewell
Merrick Lane
Ealy
Walter Lesight
Pete” Church
Princeton
Church
James P Jones
Virginia
Jones
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bdtonline
McDowell men plead guilty to traffic stop drug charges
In Bluefield US District Court two McDowell County men pled guilty in separate hearings to drug offenses linked to a traffic stop on U S Route 52. David Cannady 23 Keystone and Dana Cannady 27 Northfork faced counts of possession with intent to distribute crack and marijuana with sentences set for November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Bluefield
U.S. District Court
David Cannady
Keystone
Dana Cannady
Northfork
New York
Mary Lou Newberger
Derrick Lefler
Police blotter reports several Monday incidents
Firecrackers were set off on Longview Avenue but not located. A vehicle pursuit began on Bland Street. the driver fled and the car was towed. A fight occurred near Jefferson Street and the Bluefield Dance Studio. A disabled motorist was on U S Route 52 at Hill Avenue and towed at request. A hit and run at St Luke's Hospital involved two men. one backed into a female employee and fled across an embankment, with a multi-state pursuit and charges pending for the driver in three states. The hospital employee was not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street
H.L. Harmon
Jefferson Street
Bluefield
B.L. Burner
Hill Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
West Virginia
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The
Daily Telegraph
Sam Marsh
Southern District of
Bluefield Police Department
Longview Avenue
R.S. Mason
S.S. Whitt
Family Eye Health Care
G. Frank Britton
Cumberland Road
Bluefield, WV
City of
Rogers Street
Norman Bein, M.D
Fa.c.s
St. Luke's Hospital
Norman Bein
Bein
Pennsylvania
Riverbend Medical Associates
Chicopee
Massachusetts
American College of Surgeons
Hahnemann University Medical School
Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia
St. Luke’s Professional Building
Southview Drive
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