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Gallaudet to Conduct Search for President in Spring
Gallaudet University will launch a presidential search this spring, the board of trustees said yesterday. Protests erupted two years ago about the last presidential selection, forcing the board to rescind the offer it had made to then-Provost Jane K. Fernandes and quickly hire Robert Davila as the interim leader for the school for the deaf.
Four board members are beginning to form a search committee, asking for names of potential members. The president would take office in 2010. The board said the process will be transparent and inclusive, with town hall meetings and regular announcements. Davila, his staff and top administrators will not be involved, the board said. Protesters had complained that the previous search was unfair, secretive and influenced by the president's office.
-- Susan Kinzie
FEDERAL COURT
Kidnapping Suspect to Be Transferred to Virginia
A federal judge cleared the way yesterday for a woman suspected of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy to be transferred to Virginia for prosecution.
Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson ordered that Falah O. Joe, 28, of Baileys Crossroads be transferred to federal court in Virginia. Joe was arrested early Monday in the District, more than 13 hours after the boy, Kamron Wells, vanished from a Shoppers Food Warehouse in Fairfax County.
The boy disappeared while on a shopping trip with his grandfather and sister. He was returned unharmed to his family Monday.
-- Theola Labbé-DeBose
Firm's Owner Given 57 Months for Medicaid Fraud
The president of a company hired to provide transportation to elderly and disabled people has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for falsely billing more than $1.8 million to the D.C. Medicaid program.
Akiuber Ndoromo James, president of the Voice of Social Concern Association, was convicted last year of health-care fraud, money laundering and other charges. Prosecutors said James, 45, submitted false invoices to D.C. Medicaid between 2001 and 2005, including claims involving dead people. Prosecutors said James was entitled to only about $6,000 for the services he provided.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who sentenced James on Wednesday, also ordered that James pay restitution. Investigators have seized $1.2 million from his bank accounts and two vehicles, prosecutors said.
