Nearly a year after the body of 27-year-old Bay Area woman Amery Sweany was found by the side of a road in Yuba County, an arrest has been made. In April 2023, a passerby noticed a body in an orchard on the 1700 block of Simpson Lane in Marysville, California. The deceased was identified as Amery Sweany. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as blunt force trauma, likely from being hit by a car. Last week, Ricky Lasher, 39, was arrested at his home on the 1400 block of Jamie Drive in Yuba...
A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on
Jon and Carie Hallford accused of fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from US governmentThe couple who owned a Colorado funeral home – where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year – have been indicted on federal charges for fraudulently obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds from the US government, according to court documents unsealed on Monday.The new federal charges against Jon and Carie Hallford add to charges in Colorado state court for abusing...
Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government
DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The indictment reaffirms accusations from state prosecutors []
Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government. The husband and wife already face state charges of corpse abuse after 190 decaying bodies were discovered in their funeral home’s storage building last year. The new charges Monday against Jon and Carie Hallford underscore their alleged lies, money laundering, forgery and manipulation over the past four years that devastated...
The couple also collected more than $130,000 from families for cremations and burial services they never provided, the indictment said.
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