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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:09 PM Jan 2017

A daring escape? Concern leads feds to block release of Dallas couple in health care fraud case

A Dallas couple thought they had scored a victory when a federal judge allowed them to be released from custody pending their health care fraud trial if they could find a high-rise condo with armed security guards to watch them.

It would be a first for Dallas. There was just one problem.

The property managers and condo associations don't want Jeffrey Fuller and Andrew Baumiller living there.

On that basis, the government declined to approve the locations and filed papers to revoke their pre-trial release and keep them behind bars. A federal judge is expected to sort out the matter in an upcoming ruling.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/01/20/possibility-daring-escape-high-rise-leads-feds-block-release-dallas-couple-healthcare-fraud-case

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