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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 - JANUARY 24, 2018 - VOLUME 6, NO. 3
San Bernardino County Point In Time Count
Former Long Beach Hospital Owner Sentenced To Over 5 Years In Prison
Riverside Parents Arrested for Torturing Their Children
San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership is seeking volunteers for the 2018 Point-In-Time Count to end chronic homeless. Why: To count and survey homeless persons living in your community and throughout the County of San Bernardino. This effort will help promote government and private grant funding and other resources for local communities to help people exit life on the streets and prevent homelessness. What: Participate in the “Point-InTime Count” (PITC) to end chronic homelessness. • Help Organize the Count in Your Community • Identify Locations Where Homeless People Live/Spend Time/Receive Services • Promote Community Awareness of Homeless Issues • Participate on Street Counter Teams Who: Adult volunteers are needed from every community and from all walks of life including: • College Students • Civic/Nonprofit Organizations • Service Providers • Faith Based Institutions • Business & Neighborhood Groups • Current/Formerly Homeless • Anyone Who Would Like to Help • Bilingual Individuals Alleviate Homelessness The count is slated to take place from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on January 25 across San Bernardino County. Pre-registration is requested as attending a pre-training session is required. For more information and to register visit www.SBCounty. gov/DPH/SBCHP. If you have additional questions please call or email Michele Bletcher (909) 386-8231, mkbletcher@dbh.sbcounty.gov. When:Thursday, January 25, 2018 Time:6:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Drobot orchestrated a scheme that paid over $40 million in illegal kickbacks to doctors.
Early Sunday morning on January 14, 2018, a 17-year old juvenile escaped from her residence situated in the 100 Block of Muir Woods Road, Perris and managed to call 911 from a cellular device she found inside the house. The teenager claimed her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive inside the residence by her parents and further claimed some of her siblings were bound with chains and padlocks. When Police Officers from the Perris Police Department and Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department met with the juvenile, she appeared to be only 10 years old and slightly emaciated. After a brief interview with the female, they contacted 57-year old David Allen Turpin and 49-year old Louise Anna Turpin at the residence where the teenager escaped. Further investigation revealed several children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks in dark and foulsmelling surroundings, but the parents were unable to immediately provide a logical reason why their children were restrained in that manner. Deputies located what they believed to be 12 children inside the house, but were shocked to discover that 7 of them were actually adults, ranging in age from 18 to 29. The victims appeared to be malnourished and very dirty. Perris Station Detectives were dispatched to the residence for further investigation. All 13 victims, ranging from the age of 2 to 29, were transported to the Perris Station and interviewed. Both parents were detained and transported to the station for further investigation. Child Protective Services (CPS) and Adult Protective Services (APS) arrived to assist in the investigation. The victims were provided with food and beverages after they claimed to be starving.
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A federal judge sentenced the former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach to 63 months in prison for overseeing a 15-yearlong health care fraud scheme that involved more than $40 million in illegal kickbacks paid to doctors and other medical professionals in exchange for referring thousands of patients who received spinal surgeries. The scheme operated by Michael D. Drobot led to more than $500 million in fraudulent bills being submitted during last five years of the scheme – much of which was paid by the California worker’s compensation system.
Los Angeles S.D. Assist with Mudslide Operations in Santa Barbara County
In a continuing effort to efficiently work with partnering governmental agencies, on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, through January 22, 2018, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) will be providing resources to assist current mudslide recovery and clean-up efforts in Santa Barbara County as part of a mutual aid request from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency
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Services (Cal OES). According to a Cal OES News report released on Monday, January 15, 2018, heavy rains, combined with burn-scarred areas due to the Thomas Fire caused
massive mudslides in the Montecito area of Santa Barbara County. Thousands of residents were evacuated, homes were destroyed or damaged, and roads were obstructed. Cal OES has activated the State Operations Center to provide assistance to the Montecito community. The LASD acts as the Regional Mutual Aid Area See Page 2
Drobot, 73, of Corona Del Mar, was sentenced by United States District Judge Josephine L. Staton, who noted that Drobot “introduced greed into the doctor-patient relationship.” Drobot pleaded guilty in 2014 to charges of conspiracy and paying illegal kickbacks, admitting that he orchestrated a wide-ranging fraud scheme in which “[t]housands of patients received surgeries at Pacific Hospital not knowing that [Drobot] bribed their physician to perform their surgery at Pacific HosSee Page 5
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Vehicle Slams Into Condo In Anaheim, Friday On Friday night, Anaheim P.D. officers, along with Anaheim Fire And Rescue responded to the area of Magnolia and Crescent for a collision involving a vehicle into a building. The occupant of the condo suffered minor injuries and the driver was arrested for DUI.
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