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An extended stay

Sometimes, convicted criminals are released from prison, fall into old habits and end up right back in the same business that got them in trouble in the first place.

And sometimes, the hustle doesn’t even stop during the prison sentence.

Adrian Lacey of Semmes has been sentenced to 186 months in federal prison for wire fraud, conspiring to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering — while in prison on a previous fraud conviction, reports AL.com’s Howard Koplowitz.

Folks, he was convicted of the more recent crime the very month he was due to be released from prison for the old crime.

In this most recent case, inmate Lacey developed a scheme to use stolen identities to apply for economic injury disaster loans that were intended to be used as relief for small businesses affected by COVID-19. He and co-conspirators received $379,000 they have now been ordered to give up.

A hospital’s needs

Another hospital in Alabama is in trouble — this one not in a rural area but in the state’s capital city.

AL.com’s Mike Cason reports that leaders at Jackson Hospital & Clinic in Montgomery say it might close if the city doesn’t come through with a $20.5 million debt guarantee.

Interim CEO Ron Dreskin said the hospital has a financing plan with bondholders so that it can stay open while it makes operational changes. He said it doesn’t need funding from the city, just a guarantee on the loan.

The hospital defaulted on about $60 million in bonds last year. Besides the patient-health issues that the area would face if Montgomery lost one of its three hospitals, there also are about 2,100 people who are employed by Jackson Hospital & Clinic.

Congrats in order

A fifth-grade teacher in Mobile won a Milken Educator Award and a handsome check this week, reports AL.com’s Breonna Atkins.

Mary Travis is a fifth-grade math and science teacher at Gilliard Elementary School. The Milken Awards pointed to her classroom instruction, use of technology and creative assignments in honoring her. The $25,000 check spoke pretty well, also.

In addition to her classroom duties, Travis coaches the math team, supervises student teachers and mentors other educators.

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