BRIEFLY : VIDEO MAY DISPROVE CLAIM OF DISABILITY.VENTURA - A former insurance salesman who authorities say was videotaped playing sports after claiming to be totally disabled pleaded not guilty Wednesday to perjury perjury (pûr`jərē), in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. and insurance fraud. Matthew Shawn Rosene, a former employee of Blue Cross Insurance in Newbury Park, could face up to seven years in prison if convicted of perjury and filing a false workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. claim, prosecutors say. In March 1997, Rosene, 31, of Ventura, reported falling down a flight of stairs Noun 1. flight of stairs - a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next flight of steps, flight staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps and was declared totally disabled. But authorities later learned Rosene was playing softball and golf, and coaching football, despite receiving disability income, and they captured his actions on videotape, officials said. Defense attorney Jay Johnson Jay Johnson can refer to:
- Daily News Teen employment agency wins grant THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - The Conejo Youth Employment Service recently received a $23,830 grant from the Ventura County probation agency to develop a job and counseling program in the Conejo Creek neighborhood, officials announced Wednesday. With the grant, the nonprofit job-development and referral service will help Conejo Creek area students, ages 14 through 18, find jobs, said Dave Morgan Dave Morgan (born August 7, 1944 in Cranmore, Somerset[1]) is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship grand prix, the 1975 British Grand Prix in which, like several others, he crashed during a storm in the , executive director. He said the Conejo organization has been serving teens in the area for more than 30 years. The grant was secured with the help of Ventura County Supervisor Frank Schillo, Morgan said. - Daily News Ventura's first, only woman mayor dies VENTURA - Flags are being flown at half-staff through Friday to honor former Ventura Mayor Harriet Henson, who died earlier this week. Henson, the city's only female mayor, was a member of the Ventura City Council from 1976 to 1984 and mayor in 1978-82. She died Aug. 29 after battling pneumonia. She was 63. - Daily News Deputies to share office with public SATICOY - The Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. has opened a new resource center with computers, meeting rooms and other facilities for the community at a landmark building in Saticoy. Deputies working in the area also will use the center as a satellite office for interviews and other work. - Daily News |
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