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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Lufkin man pleads guilty to wire fraud after stealing more than $9 million
LUFKIN, Texas (KETK) – A Lufkin man has pleaded guilty to various wire fraud schemes after he stole more than $9 million through fraudulent means. Matthew Jess Thrash who had been running a multitude of fraudulent schemes and has been under investigation since 2020, pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Monday, according to a press release from Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Abe McGlothin, Jr.'s Office. 1 arrested after investigators bust major fentanyl, meth operation in Polk County An investigation revealed that Thrash had stolen approximately $9,170,124 from over 100 victims through fraudulent methods. McGlothlin's press release indicates that Thrash 'intended to devise schemes and artifices to defraud others, and to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises.' In September 2010, Thrash established Thrash Sports Management (TSM) as an LLC through the Texas Secretary of State where he was listed as the manager, principal and registered agent for TSM. Thrash showed a registered address in Lufkin. In July 2013, Thrash established Thrash and Henderson Sports Management LLC and incorporated the business under someone else's name without their approval. Thrash showed a registered address in Beaumont. 78-year-old woman, animals found dead after Cherokee County house fire In December 2018, Thrash started a third LLC, Harvey & Thrash Sports LLC where he and another person were listed as managers but Thrash was also listed as the registered agent, providing an address in Lufkin. Some of Thrash's schemes included running a sports memorabilia store in Las Vegas, where he allegedly solicited and received money from individuals who believed they were investing in the store until it was revealed that he never owned a sports memorabilia store. Although some of the businesses Thrash claimed to be part of do exist in Las Vegas, the indictment said that Thrash never owned or had any business relationship with the owners and managers of those businesses. Thrash also reportedly provided multiple individuals with stock purchase agreements for shares in a cannabis dispensary that showed Thrash was acting on behalf of TK Investments with a business address in Lufkin. McGlothlin's press release also reported that Thrash fraudulently received money from COVID Paycheck Protection Program loans. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled following a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office. The case is being investigated by the FBI's Lufkin Field Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Lufkin Police Department. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Lawmakers give Braun total control over IU Board of Trustees
Language slipped into the last-minute budget deal gives Gov. Mike Braun total control over the Indiana University Board of Trustees. Why it matters: The nine-member board is the IU system's governing body, overseeing its financial and legal affairs, administration and nearly 90,000 students. Driving the news: Republican lawmakers dropped a 215-page two-year spending plan Wednesday evening that the General Assembly is expected to vote on Thursday. On pages 181 and 182, there is seemingly non-budget language that remakes IU's governing body. How it works: Right now, Indiana's governor appoints five members of the nine-person board and selects one student representative, with the help of a student-led committee. The three other members are IU alumni, elected by IU alumni. All serve three-year terms, except the student member who serves two years. The latest: The language in the budget bill eliminates the elected members, instead allowing the governor to appoint all nine members. It also gives Braun the power to "remove and replace" any of the elected members at any time, meaning he could remake the board as soon as the legislation takes effect. It shortens student terms from two years to one and puts a three-term limit on board members. Five of the board members are required to be IU alumni and five must be Indiana residents under the new language. The big picture: Board makeup at Indiana's other public higher education institutions varies, but most have some kind of alumni input. The Ball State University alumni council nominates two people to its nine-member board. The alumni council of Indiana State University gets two nominees to its nine-person board. Three of Purdue University's 10 trustees are selected by the alumni association. Ivy Tech Community College's board is made up entirely of gubernatorial appointees, with no alumni input. What they're saying:"I think alumni and IU stakeholders need to have a say in who is running the institution," said John McGlothlin, an alum currently running for a seat on the board. "It's that simple." McGlothlin unsuccessfully ran last year. He said he was motivated to run after seeing how the university handled pro-Palestinian protests and what he called other free speech issues and finding the response "unacceptable." McGlothlin said he's been inspired by Vivian Winston, the board member he is now running to replace after she announced she won't seek a second term. She was one of the few people "raising complaints, raising concerns and asking questions about what IU administrators were doing," he said. "I wanted more voices on the board like hers." Threat level: Higher education institutions have been the target of conservatives at the federal and state level for years, but it's been total warfare on all aspects of higher education since President Trump took office for his second term. The other side: The spokespeople for House Republicans, Senate Republicans and Braun did not immediately respond to Axios Indy's request for comment.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Yahoo
Police publish video with details about Lafayette laundromat shooting
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Something about Lafayette haunted 73-year-old Louis McGlothlin, who appeared to be in declining mental health. He believed the people in Lafayette were controlling him, Lafayette police said in a debriefing video they published Thursday on YouTube. Police have closed the case. "The cancer that has been allowed to develop in the city of Lafayette," McGlothlin said in one video clip. "You have to bust these people up," he said. "They want your energy. They want to know how you did it. They haven't got the initiative to go out and develop it on their own. They want yours." It is not clear on the released video what McGlothlin was talking about. McGlothlin grew up in Lafayette and joined the U.S. Navy after high school. He and his wife settled in Lincoln, Neb. Police said his only familiarity with Lafayette was the area of Earl and South streets, and police believe he targeted the laundromat because it was an open business in the familiar area. McGlothlin entered the laundromat about 7:40 p.m. Dec. 5. He turned to his left and fired, killing 35-year-old Keith Ford and wounding 32-year-old Renee Martin. He then turned to his right and fired more shots, wounding Salvador Antonio De La Cruz Reyes, 30. Martin and Reyes survived the shooting but were hospitalized. McGlothin was in the laundromat about 20 seconds and fired seven shots. He then went outside, stood beside his pickup truck and unjammed his sidearm before killing himself with a gunshot to his head. He died on Dec. 7 in an Indianapolis hospital. Lafayette police searched McGlothlin's truck and home in Nebraska. They said they found several video recordings, some many years old, and that his delusions about people in Lafayette intensified over the years. In one video, McGothlin faced the camera, a pair of binoculars on the ledge behind his left shoulder as he referred to "the cancer that's been allowed to develop in the city of Lafayette." Police included a photo of a white piece of paper sitting on a CD that read, in printed handwriting: "The reason I have a CD is because I was going to do this in the year 2000. I have a pistol and could not control it. I sold the pistol to Nebraska Guns. Receipt is in file cabinet. After what happened to Michelle." Police published the video to be transparent about the killing and their investigation because of the high public interest in the case, Lafayette police Sgt. Shawn Verma said on the video. Reach Ron Wilkins at rwilkins@ Follow on Twitter: @RonWilkins2. This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Lafayette police publish video with details about laundromat shooting
