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Public Safety Accounts Urge Caution on Twitter After Changes

As Twitter became knotted with parody accounts and turmoil, Rachel Terlep, who runs an account for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources that intersperses cheeky banter with wildfire and weather warnings, watched with equal parts trepidation and fascination. “It …

Insurance Fraud Charge for Transportation Agency Boss

A Vermont Transportation Agency foreman is facing charges he lied to police and his insurance company after reporting damage to his personal truck was a hit-and-run accident, when it was hit by a new employee. Roger Daigle, of North Troy, …

Ohio Woman Sentenced for Fraud Involving $60,000 Insurance Claim

Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Patricia Young, of Piqua, was sentenced to three years of community control and 17 months incarceration (suspended) in Miami County Common Pleas Court for insurance fraud. “Insurance fraud …

Convicted Safety Contractor Wants New Lawyer

A former Tennessee Valley Authority contract safety manager wants to fire his lawyer as he awaits sentencing on a fraud conviction. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Walter Cardin told U.S. District Court Judge Curtis Collier at a hearing on …