A Lake County woman is the fourth person charged with TennCare fraud in connection with a round-up that took place last month involving the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the 29th Judicial Drug Task Force, Tiptonville Police Department and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

An Ocala, Florida woman is now facing her sixth round of TennCare fraud charges.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. Army Private First Class Lewis Price of Rogersville, who was reported missing as of November 6, 1944 during World War II. The Hawkins County native was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division during weeks of combat in the Hurtgen Forest in Germany. Price was 23-years old when he went missing.

An Obion County woman is the fifth person charged with TennCare fraud in connection with an undercover investigation in Lake County.

After being on the run for 14 months, a Dickson County woman is now in custody and charged with TennCare fraud for selling prescription drugs paid for by the state’s healthcare insurance program.

Residents of Giles, Maury and Williamson Counties are ordered to repay the state in TennCare fraud cases brought by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Three people in Lake County are charged with TennCare fraud in a round-up involving 18 people charged in total.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam today joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry “Max” Haston from the Tennessee Military Department to recognize five veteran state employees and more than 470,000 Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras. The Governor’s Veterans Day event was held on the second floor of the State Capitol in downtown Nashville.

A Macon County man is charged with TennCare fraud for “hiding” a family member’s assets to avoid paying for the member’s nursing home care and allowing taxpayer funds to pay for the care.

A Putnam County man and woman are charged in an attempt to sell prescription drugs acquired through TennCare healthcare insurance.

A Carroll County woman is charged in nearby Benton County with doctor shopping for prescription drugs, using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits as payment for the pills.

A Weakley County woman is charged with TennCare fraud in connection with selling prescription drugs she obtained using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits.

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder recognize the service and sacrifice of U.S. Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Martin O’Callaghan, Jr. of Memphis, who was killed during a mission as a P-38 Lightning aircraft pilot in World War II in Maribor, Yugoslavia now known as Slovenia. He was serving with the 96th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group when his plane was struck by anti-aircraft fire which caused him to crash in occupied territory on February 15, 1945. He was 22 years old.

A Coffee County man is charged with using another person’s identity in order to obtain controlled prescription drugs.

Tennessee Highway Patrol Conducts Operation Grizzly in The City of Memphis and Shelby County