The family of a man whose death has been linked to unlicensed group homes in Arlington and Mansfield is suing the owner and her company for gross negligence, according to court records. Christopher Devendorf, the brother of Steven Kelly Pankratz, filed the civil suit Thursday in Tarrant County. Pankratz’s death on Jan. 12 from mixed […]
Nine people working as contractors in Arroyo Grande were cited for doing so without a license, the Contractors State License Board said in a Tuesday news release. The board collaborated with the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s and Sheriff’s offices to conduct an operation from May 21 to May 22 in Arroyo Grande. During […]
A year after a car crash in which a teenager died, the preliminary hearing was confirmed Friday in Kern County Superior Court for the woman suspected of giving her unlicensed son the keys to her car before he took a joyride through a park with friends. Candie Springer, 45, is charged with willful cruelty to […]
Six people could face charges following an undercover operation carried out against alleged unlicensed contractors in South Lake Tahoe, according to the Contractors State License Board, which carried out the operation through its statewide investigative fraud team in partnership with the Nevada State Contractors Board. The six contractors were caught May 29 and 30 making […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge appeared disgusted Wednesday with an unlicensed and uninsured driver – with 19 previous traffic citations — who killed a bicyclist last fall, sending him to prison for at least two years. Julius Hopkins, 32, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a charge of reckless driving resulting in death for […]
Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week, marking the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through cosmetic services using needles. Federal health officials said in a new report that […]
Three women contracted HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed medical spa. The CDC said these were the first known cases of people getting the virus this way. An investigation found that the spa in New Mexico reused disposable electric desiccator tips. Three women contracted HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed […]
Seven more deaths have been linked to five unlicensed group homes in Arlington and Mansfield that have come under investigation for the way residents were treated, according to police. Tim Ciesco, a spokesperson for the Arlington Police Department, told the Star-Telegram in an email that the investigation is ongoing, but to date no additional criminal […]
On the brink of cannabis culture’s high holiday, April 20, West Milford officials called to oust the town’s unregulated cannabis retailers. Council members this week urged strict enforcement of local regulations regarding cannabis distribution, saying the prevalence of unlicensed shops has become a nuisance. As the only upper Passaic County town that permits cannabis retail […]
Police have charged a New Haven man in a fatal hit-and-run crash in 2023 involving a motorcyclist. Dajon Marques Morris, 20, was arrested Tuesday in connection with a crash last June that killed 41-year-old Jose Rodriguez, according to the New Haven Police Department. He faces charges of evading responsibility resulting in death, misuse of a […]
State plans to ask judge to keep banning unlicensed Charlotte contractor Sean Price wanted a screened-in porch. He told Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke he paid Canary General Contracting more than $4,400 to get started, but that the company never did the job. NC attorney general sues 2 companies to protect renters, homeowners “Putting me off […]
Charles D. Ogden, the Holly Hill businessman who calls himself the “Granite Gangster,” was rearrested Monday on three new felony charges, court records show. Ogden, 48, of Ormond Beach, faces a slew of fraud-related charges linked to work he performed, sometimes shoddily, customers said, as well as work he promised but never delivered following the […]