Tag: Eastern Kentucky
Dr. Warrick Stewart, Medicaid Fraud, Kentucky 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two Kentucky day treatment centers, Recovery Center of Kentucky, and Recovery Center of Ohio, plus their CEO Dr. Warrick Stewart, swindled Medicaid out of $15.2 million. Between August 2022 and June 2025, they sought reimbursement for kids’ education, recreation, and lunch breaks – services that Medicaid doesn’t cover. Recovery Center of…
Stephanie Marie Terrell, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 220-gram package of methamphetamine, intercepted by the US Postal Inspection Service in May 2025, led to the downfall of a Covington, Kentucky-based trafficking operation. Stephanie Marie Terrell, a 39-year-old woman from Batavia, Ohio, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for her role in the scheme. Packages like this one,…
Michael Merrick, Child Pornography, Kentucky 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 26-year-old man from South Point, Ohio, has been locked away for 30 years for producing child pornography in Eastern Kentucky. Michael Merrick was sentenced to 360 months, the maximum possible, for his crimes. The investigation began in September 2024 when a minor victim reported she’d been raped and photographed by…
Jasper McCann, Meth Trafficking, Kentucky 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 206-gram methamphetamine haul ended in a 10-year prison sentence for Jasper McCann, a 43-year-old Waynesburg man. On May 12, 2024, law enforcement pulled over a vehicle McCann was driving, and a search turned up digital scales, four firearms, and a massive stash of meth. McCann admitted to possessing the meth…
