Staff report
A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned indictments against an Edmonson County man on Wednesday on charges of defrauding the Social Security Supplemental Security Income program.
Mark Linebaugh, 54, Mammoth Cave, allegedly failed to advise the SSI program of an event affecting his continued right to receive disability benefits between Oct. 2003 and April 2009, according to a report from the U.S. Attorney’s Western Kentucky District office.
In his scheme to defraud the program, Linebaugh concealed resources and income which should have been counted towards his asset limitations and resulted in an overpayment of benefits to Linebaugh from the government, according to the report.
If convicted, Linebaugh faces maximum potential penalties of not more than five years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and supervised release for a period of three years.
Two charged plead guilty
to selling illegal documents
Two central Kentucky illegal immigrants pleaded guilty in Federal court on Wednesday to selling fraudulent documents. Araceli Lozano-Hernandez, aka Fernanda Andreo-Ponco aka Bertha Campos, admitted to unlawfully selling four fraudulent permanent resident cards and four fraudulent Social Security cards to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Barren County between March 17 and May 12, according to a report from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Louisville.
Also, Eugenio Hernandez-Morena, aka Vicente Focenca-Pena aka Lalo, admitted that between June 9 and June 19 he unlawfully sold a fraudulent Mexican driver’s license, a fraudulent international driver’s license, three fraudulent Social Security cards and three fraudulent permanent resident alien cards to ICE agents.
Upon execution of a search warrant, law enforcement officials discovered software and templates for driver’s licenses for various states throughout the United States, according to the report.
Each defendant faces maximum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment for each count, a maximum fine of $250,000 and supervised release for a period of three years if convicted.
Dracula opens in Horse Cave
Kentucky Repertory Theatre will open “Dracula” with a scream on Friday at 7:30 p.m. A reception precedes the performance at 6:45 p.m.
The biggest selling show in the history of the theatre, “Dracula,” adapted by Richard Rose from the gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, will only have eight performances. Show dates are: Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.; Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 14 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
For ticket information or reservations, contact the KRT box office at (800) 342-2177.
Kentucky Repertory Theatre having auditions
Kentucky Repertory Theatre announces student auditions for the upcoming productions: “Little Women,” based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott; “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare; Metamorphosis, based on stories from Greek mythology; and “The Miracle Worker” by William Gibson. The Young Performers’ productions of “Little Women” and “Twelfth Night,” for students 13-18 years of age, along with the Younger Performers production of Metamorphosis, for students 8-12 years of age, will be Wednesday and Thursday. Auditions for “The Miracle Worker” will be the following week on Nov. 18 -19. “The Miracle Worker” is a professional production casting the following children roles: the role of Helen Keller, age 10-13; one African American girl, age 10-12; one African American boy, age 10-12; and girls at the institute for the blind, ages 10-15. All auditions are at the theatre in Horse Cave from 4 to 6 p.m. on the days noted above. An audition appointment is required. For more information or to schedule an audition appointment, call (270) 786-1200.
