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2A LocaL/State<br />
— The RobesoniAn, TuesdAy, decembeR 20, 2011 www.robesonian.com<br />
AG says 18 charged in Medicaid fraud busts<br />
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —<br />
Thirteen home health workers,<br />
a speech therapist and<br />
the operator of a group home<br />
are among 18 people who face<br />
charges of defrauding North<br />
Carolina’s Medicaid system<br />
and the taxpayers who support<br />
it, the state Justice Department<br />
said Monday.<br />
The suspects in ten counties<br />
were arrested last week at<br />
Crime Report<br />
sTAff RepoRT<br />
n Thefts<br />
PARKTON — Carveler<br />
Smith, of 3783 Glenn Road<br />
in Parkton, reported on<br />
Friday that someone broke<br />
into his home through a<br />
back window and took a<br />
$2,000 television, a $150<br />
mp3 player and five hats<br />
valued at $125, according<br />
to a sheriff’s report.<br />
n Break-ins<br />
The following people and<br />
businesses reported breakins<br />
to the Robeson County<br />
Sheriff’s Office:<br />
Petra Oxendine, at 2995<br />
Union School Road in<br />
Rowland; Vernon Knadler,<br />
at 662 Rex Church Road in<br />
St. Pauls; Deborah Locklear,<br />
at 925 Lombardy Village<br />
Road in St. Pauls; Minnie<br />
Britt, at 4290 S. Creek<br />
Road in Orrum; Mablene<br />
McLean, at 48 Oxford<br />
Circle in Rowland; Robert<br />
Lee, at 210 Childrens Road<br />
in Red Springs; Kevin<br />
Hunt, at 4995 Seventh<br />
Street Road in Lumberton;<br />
Lewis Ritchie, at 70 Oxford<br />
Circle in Rowland; Sheila<br />
McRae, at 89 Paizley<br />
Drive in Lumberton;<br />
Moises Gonzalez, at<br />
121 Norman Drive in<br />
Lumberton; Vanessa Bell,<br />
at 2569 Saddletree Road<br />
in Lumberton; and Jessica<br />
Williams, at 281 E. Parkton<br />
Tobemory Road in Parkton.<br />
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the start of a statewide sweep<br />
aimed at cracking down on<br />
people suspected of cheating<br />
the health program for the poor<br />
and disabled. Most of those<br />
arrested last week were homehealth<br />
workers who were paid<br />
for time they didn’t work.<br />
More suspects are expected<br />
to be arrested soon, Attorney<br />
General Roy Cooper said.<br />
“Ripping off Medicaid hurts<br />
RALEIGH(AP)<br />
— Republican Pat<br />
McCrory confirmed<br />
Monday what's been<br />
the least-disguised<br />
decision in North<br />
Carolina politics<br />
for months — the<br />
former Charlotte<br />
mayor is running<br />
for governor again.<br />
In an interview with<br />
The Associated Press, the<br />
GOP's 2008 gubernatorial<br />
nominee said he's "100<br />
percent committed" to<br />
seek the Republican nomination<br />
in May. McCrory<br />
lost to Democrat Beverly<br />
Perdue in 2008 in the<br />
closest general election<br />
for the job in 36 years.<br />
A rematch seems to be<br />
the most likely outcome<br />
in 2012.<br />
McCrory said this fall<br />
he'd say something about<br />
his plans early next year<br />
and confirmed Monday<br />
that an official announcement<br />
would still be forthcoming.<br />
Details haven't<br />
been squared away. But<br />
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needy patients, wastes taxpayer<br />
money, and drives up<br />
health care costs,” Cooper said.<br />
“We’re sending a strong signal<br />
to those who defraud Medicaid<br />
that we will find you and make<br />
you pay.”<br />
Authorities allege the<br />
suspects took in more than<br />
$500,000 in fraudulent payments.<br />
One Guilford County man<br />
McCrory said he<br />
wanted to make<br />
clear his intentions.<br />
"I am convinced<br />
that now<br />
is the time to<br />
run for governor<br />
and bring the<br />
changes to a broken<br />
government<br />
and hopefully generate<br />
an environment that<br />
allows our economy to<br />
grow in North Carolina,"<br />
McCrory said, adding "I<br />
just think it's important<br />
for me before the holiday<br />
season to let (the public)<br />
know I'm 100 percent<br />
committed to this effort."<br />
There was little doubt,<br />
however, that McCrory<br />
was going to enter the<br />
race. The 55-year-old<br />
McCrory, a record seventerm<br />
mayor of Charlotte,<br />
began speaking at local<br />
Republican and tea<br />
party-style events within<br />
months of losing to<br />
Perdue by 3 percentage<br />
points.<br />
He's also been slowly<br />
assembling a campaign<br />
team and raising money<br />
with assistance this fall<br />
from Govs. Chris Christie<br />
of New Jersey and Bobby<br />
Jindal of Louisiana.<br />
McCrory's political committee<br />
was competitive<br />
with Perdue's campaign<br />
on fundraising through<br />
allegedly gave false information<br />
when applying to be a Medicaid<br />
home-care provider and billing<br />
for services to dead recipients,<br />
costing the program more than<br />
$200,000, Cooper’s office said.<br />
Kendar Malik Muhammad was<br />
charged with obtaining property<br />
by false pretenses, the attorney<br />
general’s office said.<br />
A woman answering a call to<br />
a number listed for Muhammad,<br />
2800 North Elm Street<br />
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(910) 739-6337<br />
the first half of 2011.<br />
Perdue has been struggling<br />
throughout her<br />
three years in office to<br />
overcome a poor national<br />
economy and uncertain<br />
state government fiscal<br />
picture.<br />
McCrory, who works at<br />
his brother's consulting<br />
company and a Charlotte<br />
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also known as Terry Wright,<br />
said she didn’t know him.<br />
Other busts were carried<br />
out in Alleghany, Cumberland,<br />
Gaston, Harnett, Hertford,<br />
Pitt, Robeson, Union, Wake<br />
and Wayne counties, the attorney<br />
general’s office said. State<br />
authorities recovered $49<br />
million from Medicaid abusers<br />
in the year that ended in<br />
September, Cooper’s office said.<br />
McCrory promises second run for governor<br />
Pat McCrory<br />
BART accepting donations<br />
LUMBERTON —<br />
BART, a nonprofit that<br />
provides services to people<br />
with HIV and AIDS,<br />
will be accepting donations<br />
for Christmas food<br />
and gift baskets to distribute<br />
to its clients until<br />
Wednesday.<br />
Donations could include<br />
fruit, food, toiletry items,<br />
socks, clothing, shoes, furniture,<br />
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at his official announcement<br />
about why he<br />
should get a second<br />
chance to move to the<br />
Executive Mansion but<br />
pointed to his personal<br />
and government experiences<br />
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