Ray Lee Cockrell has been found guilty of injury to a child by omission after his pit bulls attacked a visiting grandchild, Nathan Smith. The incident occurred when the dogs left Cockrell’s property and encountered Nathan in the woods. The Bowie County jury delivered a guilty verdict and sentenced Cockrell…
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Pharmacist Loses Appeal, Exclusion from Federal Healthcare Programs Upheld
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision to exclude pharmacist Wilton Clinton Meeks, III from participating in any federally funded healthcare programs for seven years. The ruling stems from Meeks’s 2018 guilty plea to acquiring Oxycodone by misrepresentation, deception, or subterfuge. The court found that…