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Arlington Doc Prescribed 50K Oxy Pills Illegally To Office Manager For 10 Years: Feds
An Arlington doctor not once, but twice subject to investigations is facing federal charges for illegally prescribing her own office manager more than 50,000 oxycodone pills over the span of a decade, authorities announced.
A federal grand jury returned the indictment against Kirsten Van Steenberg Ball, 68, charging her with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, and 21 counts of distribution of oxycodone, this week, according to Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Ball's office manager, Candie Marie Calix, 40, of Front Royal, used a…
Pair Faces Life In Prison For Using Explosive Device To Rob 7-Eleven ATMs In DMV Region
Two men are facing federal charges in Maryland for an explosive scheme that saw them set fire to convenience stores in an effort to rob ATMs, according to officials.
Stephen Kennedy, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and Donnell Kelly, 33, of Washington, DC, have been charged on a 10-count indictment by a federal grand jury on a host of charges following a yearlong conspiracy.
Prosecutors say that between January 2021 and January 2022, the pair conspired to commit arsons at 7-Eleven stores so that they could obtain cash contained in ATMs inside the stores.
Specifically, the indictment …
