Stealing From the Government
Stealing from the government
Some street gangs are moving from drugs to refund fraud because it is more lucrative, less physically dangerous and, in some states, much less harshly punished. The craze has even spread to prisons. The IRS caught more than 170,000 dodgy requests from …
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Council might consider easing penalties for marijuana cultivation
Columbia's relaxed laws on pot possession soon could extend to growing small amounts of marijuana. At the end of … Hoppe was responding to a request from attorney Dan Viets, a longtime advocate of eliminating penalties for marijuana. Columbia's …
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Scott County family members face child endangerment, drug charges
BENTON, Mo. — Four Scott County family members face charges of endangering the welfare of a child and other criminal complaints after deputies found children in a filthy, dilapidated home, according to a Scott County Sheriff's Department news release …
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