South Carolina: Arrest Made in Murder of “Real Christian Lady”

“It was a violent act and one of the worst I [have] ever seen.”

(Marion County Sheriff Brian Wallace)

The much-beloved 80-year-old grandmother didn’t stand a chance against the hardened criminal.

I first saw the news yesterday.

At Metro-UK:

Horror as missing grandma, 80, found ‘murdered’ behind abandoned shop

She lived on a farm that had been in the family for generations and had five grandchildren she adored.

A missing 80-year-old grandmother described as a ‘real Christian lady’ was found dead behind an abandoned grocery store near a church.

Mary Ann Elvington was reported missing on Sunday near a highway in Nichols, South Carolina. In the course of the search, Mary Ann’s 2012 Buick LaCrosse was found empty in Marion County.

Body dumped near a church….

Then on Monday evening, authorities found remains believed to be Mary Ann’s behind a store in the Zion community, near Zion Southern Methodist Church.

Mary Ann’s son Harold Elvington said she had five grandchildren and attended Mount Olive Baptist Church. ‘Mama was just a real Christian lady,’ Harold told WMBF. ‘She lived at the foot of the cross and where we’re at peace is where they found her. They found her at the foot of the cross.’

Continue reading here.

Today when I searched for more, I see that an arrest has been made and charges filed.

You already know where this is going.

Where is the national media on another horrific crime?  Nowhere of course because the colors of the victim and the criminal don’t work for their Black Lives Matter narrative.  Who cares about a few vulnerable old white grandmothers!

From South Carolina Now:

Bond denied for Marion man charged in murder of 80-year old former school teacher

MARION, S.C. – Marion County Magistrate Judge Danny O. Barker II. denied bond for a Marion man arrested for the murder of a missing 80-year old woman Thursday.

Dominique Davonah Brand

Dominique Davonah Brand, 29, of Marion, is charged with murder, kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. He appeared in front of the magistrate and members of the victim’s family.

“This is one of the most heinous crimes that I have experienced,” Barker said. “I find that you are a danger to this community.”

Brand was arrested Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and murder of 80-year-old Mary Ann Elvington. Her body was located in the Zion community Monday after a search that started after she was reported missing out of Horry County Sunday. Her white 2012 Buick LaCrosse was found unoccupied at a location on Bobby L. Davis Boulevard in Marion.

The judge ordered Brand to remain in custody based on evidence, warrants, and extensive criminal history until he appears before a circuit court judge.

Deny him bond!

Marion County Sheriff Brian Wallace said it was law enforcement’s position that bond be denied on all charges.

“It was a violent act and one of the worst I ever seen,” Wallace said.

Wallace said the investigation is still ongoing but was thankful for the help from multiple jurisdictions and neighboring agencies.

“We’ve been working on this since Sunday and during that time we’ve had boots on the ground,” he said. “We still got a lot more work to do. I would say in my career this is one of the most horrible crimes that I have seen based on the circumstances and based on the evidence.”

More here.

Ladies!  Situational awareness and wherever you can do it—carry a weapon.

And, fearlessly spread this horrible news far and wide because all lives matter!  Who cares if they call you a racist!

By making people more aware of the increasingly dangerous world the Left is creating with their drumbeat narrative that all blacks are good and all whites are evil you never know, you might save someone’s life with your warning.

P.S. I just checked again to see if CAIR had made a statement about the murder of a Muslim Uber driver by two black teen girls and am still seeing nothing.  Apparently CAIR is afraid of BLM and/or DC Mayor Bowser.  I wonder if they still have their BLM banner hanging on their DC headquarters building?

Feds Bust Billion Dollar Medicare Scam, Call it 'Operation Brace Yourself'

How many of you on Medicare have received robocalls telling you that neck, knee or back braces were yours free, all you had to do was respond to the call?
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Well thanks to the FBI, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, and other federal law enforcement agencies at least those calls, which came from international call centers, will stop.
I’m repeating myself, but the President really should be bringing attention to the numerous and successful fraud busts his administration is prosecuting. 
And, as several of my reader have pointed out, imagine if the Democrats got their way and there was Medicare for all!  Imagine the massive fraud that would follow!
Continue reading “Feds Bust Billion Dollar Medicare Scam, Call it 'Operation Brace Yourself'”

South Carolina: $9 Million Health Care Fraud Busted Thanks to a Whistleblower

medicaid fraudI’m posting just a bit of this news from Columbia, SC as a follow-up to the post I wrote a few days ago about the False Claims Act and because I want to encourage readers to be proactive in looking for Medicare and Medicaid fraud where you live.

SC woman charged in alleged $9 million fraud involving autism care

 

Federal authorities are seeking to recover $9 million that they say a S.C. woman stole in a wide-ranging scheme involving false medical bills for treating autistic children.
Susan A. Butler, the “founder” of the S.C. Early Autism Project, is charged with overbilling Tricare and Medicaid, two federal health insurers, and making false claims about patient services. Money the insurers paid for patient care instead went for administrative costs, according to a federal grand jury indictment made public Wednesday.

You can read more about Ms. Butler, but this is the part I want you to see.

In August, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Columbia announced the Early Autism Project had paid $8.8 million to settle a civil case under the False Claims Act, alleging it had submitted false claims to Tricare and the S.C. Medicaid program for children with autism.
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…in the August press release, the U.S. attorney’s office in Columbia said the case began when a whistleblower, former Early Autism Project employee Olivia Zeigler, brought the allegations to the government’s attention.
Under the False Claims Act, a whistleblower can file a lawsuit on behalf of the government. If the government gets involved and recovers money, the whistleblower gets part of any settlement. Zeigler was paid $435,000, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

More here.
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If you want to report suspected fraud in any program involving the Dept. of Health and Human Services (Medicare, Medicaid, Refugee agency contracts (!)) go here.
Or, go back to my post on the False Claims Act and see what steps you need to take as a whistleblower filing a qui-tam case.

question markWhat can you do?

If you suspect fraud, it is your duty to do something! (And, heck you might even be rewarded as Ms. Zeigler was!).
Just reading news and shaking your head about it is downright lazy!  Do something, even if it is only to share the news within a circle of friends and family!