St. Agnes Healthcare Reaches Agreement With Feds To Resolve False Claims Allegations

St. Agnes Healthcare in Baltimore has reached an agreement with federal authorities Wednesday to resolve allegations that it had submitted false claims to Medicare. St. Agnes allegedly billed for management and evaluation services at a higher reimbursement rate than permitted by federal health care programs. As part of the agreement, St. Agnes will pay the…

Chesapeake Real Estate Group Buys Curtis Bay Property In Anne Arundel

Chesapeake Real Estate Group, a Hanover-based real estate company, acquires the Curtis Bay property, which includes 259 acres of land in Anne Arundel County. The former owner, Exelon Corp., sold the property, known as Brandon Woods III, to Chesapeake for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will allow Chesapeake and partner EverWest Real Estate Partners to…

How To Obtain An Accident Or Incident Report From Prince George’s County Police Department

For individuals seeking an accident of incident report from the Prince George’s County Police Department, there are several options available. To obtain incident reports in person, visit the department’s Records Customer Service at 4923 43rd Avenue in Hyattsville. Visitors cannot access the records office from the court or police entrance doors, but must enter through…

New York Air Brake To Lay Off 38 Employees

New York Air Brake LLC (NYAB), a provider of braking control systems for the railroad industry, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) on August 17. The notice, filed with the North Country Region, indicates NYAB would transfer its peripheral assembly production lines from its New York facility to its Premtec facility in Salisbury,…

Director Of Baltimore Department Of Social Services Announces Resignation

The director of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services (BCDSS) is leaving her position after nine years of services. Molly McGrath Tierney made the announcement on Friday. In 2014, Tierney resigned from the agency to take a consulting job, only to return 10 months later to head the Department of Social Services. This time…

Former Central United Talmudic Academy Indicted On Federal Charges In $3M Fraud Scheme

Two former employees of Central United Talmudic Academy (CUTA), Brooklyn school system, was indicted Thursday on four counts of mail fraud, one count of wire and mail fraud. The criminal indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York Thursday against Joel Lowy and Elozer Porges, both former officials of…

DSC Logistics To Lay Off 70 Workers In Raphine

DSC Logistics, Inc., a freight transportation management company, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) on August 8. The notice stated that the company would lay off 70 employees at its facility at 271 Lofton Road in Raphine, Virginia. DSC Logistics is headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, but has facilities across the country, including…

Childhood Friend Of Rapper Lor Scoota Gets A 32-Year Prison Sentence For Multiple Shootings

Twenty-five-year-old Fred Catchings was charged in connection with the non-fatal shooting of 24-year-old Davonte Robinson. As part of a plea agreement, he admitted to shooting three other people in July 2016. All three victims were shot in the legs and survived their injuries. Catchings was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the shooting that…

Baltimore Police Investigating A Shooting In Park Circle

Baltimore Police said four people were injured in a Northwest Baltimore shooting on Monday morning. Police responded to a report of a shooting at 9:30 a.m. in the area of Cottage and Park Heights avenues. At the scene, police located multiple victims and a 38-year old man was transported to a local hospital by another…

Constellium Announces Plans To Move U.S. Offices To Baltimore

On Wednesday, Constellium US Holdings II LLC, a European-based manufacturer of aluminum, announced it would move its U.S. corporate offices to Baltimore. The company is in the process of moving workers from its existing offices in New York to its new office at 300 East Lombard Street. By the end of 2018, Constellium plans have…