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C&BP briefs Health and Human Services inspector general about reporting

2026-08-13

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has briefed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General’s Office about its reporting on possible fraud involving Sussex County, Virginia, the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad and Supervisor Steve White. C&BP filed a complaint with the inspector general on July 17, alleging potential fraud involving billing for… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project seeks Sussex County EMS response times

2026-08-3

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking the response times of Sussex County, Virginia, emergency medical responders. AI-assisted searches indicate the records are on the Sussex County website, but links to those meetings and records don’t work. The failure to maintain the site and keep records available is… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project files complaint with HHS inspector general

2026-07-17

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a complaint against the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad and Sussex County Supervisor Steve White with the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general. The complaint cites alleged potential fraud involving billing for ambulance calls conducted by the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad (SCVRS) and the lack… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project seeks Steve White’s emails with state address

2026-07-14

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) seeks all emails and other communications in which Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White used his state employee email for county business. Multiple sources show White uses his state of Virginia email address for his county job, but the agency he works for won’t say where he works… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project files FBI complaint about White, SCVRS

2026-07-14

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) filed a complaint with the FBI’s Richmond field office seeking an investigation into Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White and the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad (SCVRS). The complaint cites 10 issues of concerns about White’s apparent corruption in office, including his conflicts of interest in voting to… Read more »

Sussex County Sheriff Ernest Giles Sr. refers C&BP complaint to local prosecutor and state police

2026-07-9

In response to a request by Checks & Balances Project for an investigation into the activities of Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White, the county’s sheriff said he is referring the matter to the Commonwealth Attorney Regina Sykes and state police. Here’s Sheriff Ernest Giles Sr.’s email to C&BP: “Received. Good morning, Mr…. Read more »

Tips point finger at alleged actions by White and his connection to Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad

2026-07-8

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has received multiple tips from readers concerned about the alleged activities of Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White and his leadership of the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad. C&BP is working to corroborate the details mentioned in these tips and determine if they are accurate. They are posted… Read more »

Checks & Balances Project files complaint with Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services

2026-07-2

Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) filed a complaint with the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services seeking an investigation of the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad (SCVRS) and its chairman, Sussex County Supervisor Steve White. C&BP based its complaint on the lack of transparency involving Stony Creek’s finances and that White has voted on issues… Read more »

Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad lost nonprofit status for failure to file taxes

2026-06-29

The IRS stripped the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad of its nonprofit status in 2023 after it failed to file income tax returns for three consecutive years, IRS records show. IRS records show the rescue squad filed its last tax return in 2020 for 2019. No returns were filed for the 2020, 2021 and 2022… Read more »

Sussex County says it needs two weeks to provide copy of county’s recusal policy for its supervisors

2026-06-25

But online searches suggest no such policy exists Shilton Ricks-Butts, the clerk for the Sussex County Board of Supervisors, has informed Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) it will take two weeks for the county to respond to C&BP’s request for a copy of the county’s recusal policy, along with any records of commissioners recusing themselves… Read more »

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