Tag: welfare
Ocklawaha, Florida -- An Ocklawaha woman was arrested after investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services determined she had committed welfare fraud.
Investigator T.N.Mitchell said that Jessica L. Fong, 28, falsified multiple Department of Children and Families applications when...
Ocala, Florida -- The State Attorney's Office issued a warrant for a woman's arrest after they determined she had committed welfare fraud.
According to the arrest warrant, Tamora Tequia Alston, 30, knowingly, by means of false statement or other misrepresentation,...
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Wigan, England -- Christina Briggs, 26, from Wigan, says she hates weighing 350lbs, but she can't do anything about it because she is being forced by the government to eat junk food.
Briggs told Closer Magazine...
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Ocala, Florida -- A drug ringleader arrested in Marion Oaks yielded weapons, drugs, and a large sum of cash.
Six drug dealers, four men and two women, were arrested following an United Drug Enforcement Strike Team...
Ocala, Florida -- The Florida Department of Health in Marion County will launch the WIC electronic benefits transfer system in all Marion County WIC offices March 3, 2014.
Marion County WIC offices in Ocala, Belleview, Dunnellon, Lynne and Reddick will...
Gainesville, Florida -- Alachua County Detectives with the assistance of the Florida Department of Financial Services State Law Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) served a search warrant on December 11, 2013 at 4816 SW 80th Place, Gainesville, Florida.
The search warrant was...
Tampa, Florida -- A Tampa Police Department Officer has been arrested and fired from her job. LaJoyce Houston, 47, was a sergeant with TPD.
Also arrested was Rita Girven, 31, of Tampa, of whom was already in the Hillsborough County Jail...
