🌱 How a Pompano Beach man landed in prison over Medicare fraud
Pompano Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readHey hey Pompano Beach! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Pompano Beach man landed in prison over Medicare fraud
- Thinking of adopting? Meet this week’s pets in Pompano Beach.
Also on today's calendar: Watercolor Techniques (Wednesday) and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Did you hear about the two cell phones who got married? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Breezy; a morning shower, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, showers around, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
- Thursday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 83 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Pompano Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for $900,000 Health Care Scam (TAPinto Pompano Beach) — A Pompano Beach man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for helping run a mail‑order pharmacy scam that sent unwanted medical items to hundreds of Florida residents and nearly $900,000 in false Medicare claims. Investigators say almost 1,000 fraudulent claims targeted Floridians, including many in the Pompano Beach area, before federal agents shut the operation down. 
• Pet Adoptions – Week of Oct. 22 (newpelican.com) — If you’re in Pompano Beach and considering a new pet, the Florida Humane Society on North Powerline Road has several dogs and cats ready for adoption this week. All animals are fixed, vaccinated, and microchipped, and the shelter offers free dog training plus support to help match Broward and Palm Beach County residents with the right companion.
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"We Got it ALL" Wednesday →
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Wednesday October 21
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Community Bingo Night →
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Caregiver Support & Wellness Circle →
Tender Loving Care, 611 NW 31st Ave, Pompano Beach
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Introduction to Clay – Hand Building (Thursday) →
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Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach
Wednesday October 21
Thursday October 22
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- City of Parkland Florida posted a job opening for Recreation Aide in Pompano Beach. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Coconut Creek
- Coconut Creek Thanksgiving Food Drive Needs Yams, Stuffing and Gravy by Nov. 9 (TAPinto Coconut Creek)
- Coconut Creek Football Knocks off Archbishop McCarthy High School 27-17 (coconutcreektalk.com)
- Coconut Creek Says Equipment Failure, Not an Attack, Took Down City Website (TAPinto Coconut Creek)
Deerfield Beach
- Power BI Modeler - Local to FLORIDA ONLY! - 3Core Systems, Inc - Hybrid in Deerfield Beach, FL, US (dice.com)
- Deerfield Beach residents face recurring floods as water enters homes again on Oct. 17 (wsvn.com)
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