As Texas Grows, More Languages are Spoken at Home
November 30th, 2015by Alexa Ura and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Nov. 26, 2015 Immigrants from all over the world — China, Russia, India, Italy, Venezuela — gathered at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Austin on a recent Monday with a shared goal: learning English. In one classroom, they ran…
Eagle Pass Police Department Crime Report
November 30th, 2015Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 9:05am: An officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a residence on Point Loma Drive in regards to an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The investigating officer obtained information on a blue 1997 GMC pickup which had been taken without…
Eagle Pass, TX International Bridge No. 1 temporarily closed due to bomb threat
November 26th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas International Bridge No. 1 was temporarily closed to U.S.-Mexico traffic on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 after a bomb threat telephone call was received by the U. S. Customs and Border Protection Office at…
5 Injured in Head-On Auto Accident on US Highway 57 in Maverick County, Texas
November 25th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Five persons were injured in a head-on auto accident on U. S. Highway 57 near Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas at approximately 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, almost 15 miles outside of Eagle Pass. A white automobile…
Five Individuals, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Kickback Schemes Involving nearly $600 Million in Fraudulent Claims by Southern California Hospitals
November 25th, 2015In a series of related cases announced on Tuesday, November 24, 2015, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of a Long Beach, California, hospital, two orthopedic surgeons and two others have been charged in long-running health care fraud schemes that illegally referred thousands of patients for spinal surgeries and generated…
Holiday Awareness Tips from the Eagle Pass Police Department
November 25th, 2015The Texas Auto Burglary & Theft Prevention Authority and the Eagle Pass Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Eagle Pass & Maverick County this holiday season to Lock Your Car, Hide Your Things, and Take the Keys with you, to avoid becoming a victim of Auto Burglary…
McAllen Area Doctor and Assistant Plead Guilty in Health Care Fraud and Illegal Kickback Scheme
November 25th, 2015McALLEN, Texas ‐ A McAllen area doctor has been convicted of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Dr. Eduardo Carrillo, 42, of Edinburg, entered his guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Randy Crane. Also convicted today was his assistant – Martha Uribe Medrano,…
Juvenile Board to Discuss Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Bruce Ballou at Meeting
November 25th, 2015By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Juvenile Board of Maverick, Dimmit, and Zavala Counties has scheduled a meeting on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at 12 Noon at the Dimmit County District Courthouse in Carrizo Springs, Texas to discuss Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Bruce Ballou…
Jury Convicts Former City of Houston Doctor of Health Care Fraud
November 25th, 2015HOUSTON – A jury has returned a guilty verdict against a former staff physician for the City of Houston of 14 counts of health care fraud in a $1 million health care fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jocelyn Pyles, M.D., 58, was convicted today following a 3 ½…
Feds Counter Texas Bid to Delay Immigration Appeal
November 25th, 2015by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Nov. 24, 2015 A procedural game of chess continued Tuesday between the White House and Texas over the timing of a possible U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration plan that would shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Texas, leading…