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Derek Jeter opens youth addiction treatment center in Tampa
Derek Jeter, the former New York Yankees star who is trying to buy the Miami Marlins, has opened a new treatment center for teenagers addicted to drugs and alcohol. Derek Jeter in action at Marlins...
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Doctor charged in Kenny Chatman case caught prescribing opioids
Kenneth Chatman walks into Reflections, his treatment center in Margate, in 2015. Federal prosecutors are trying to get a doctor who worked for notorious treatment center operator Kenny Chatman back...
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One of Kenny Chatman’s top doctors gets maximum sentence
Kenneth Chatman walks into Reflections, his treatment center in Margate, in 2015. A doctor who treated patients at Kenny Chatman’s notorious drug treatment center was sentenced to 10 years in prison...
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Sober Home Task Force arrests Delray rehab admissions director
Sarah Muhammad A 57-year-old Boca Raton woman was arrested by the Palm Beach County Sober Home Task Force on Thursday and charged with 35 counts of patient brokering. Sarah Muhammad was employed at...
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Drug treatment center doctor who worked for Kenny Chatman will stay out of jail
A doctor who worked for corrupt treatment center operator Kenny Chatman will not be going back to jail – at least for now. Federal prosecutors wanted Dr. Joaquin Mendez, who is out on $100,000 bond,...
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County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay honored for efforts to fight opioid...
Palm Beach County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay has been honored by the Florida Association of Counties for her efforts to help communities across the state deal with the opioid epidemic. FAC President...
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Doctor in Kenny Chatman case expected to plead guilty
The last defendant in Kenny Chatman’s drug treatment fraud scheme is expected to plead guilty, according to a Thursday court filing. Dr. Joaquin Mendez had pleaded not guilty to federal charges of...
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Doctor in Kenny Chatman case pleads guilty to health care fraud
Dr. Joaquin Mendez, a former medical director for Kenny Chatman’s notorious Reflections Treatment Center, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud today. He faces up to 10 years in...
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After 30 corruption arrests, how many drug rehabs are left?
Recently released data from the Department of Children and Families disproves claims that the crackdown on corruption in south Florida’s drug treatment industry has caused a sharp decline in the number...
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Possible plea deal in the works for Delray Beach sober home operator Eric Snyder
A preliminary hearing in federal court for Eric Snyder, owner and operator of a Delray Beach drug treatment center and sober home raided by the FBI in December 2014, has been delayed for 30 days to...
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