Hearing set for Stanislaus County lieutenant in welfare fraud

A judge on Wednesday set a preliminary hearing Nov. 5 for a Stanislaus County sheriff's lieutenant charged with two counts of felony welfare fraud.

Mario Cisneros is accused of filing a fraudulent report with the "intent to defraud the Medi-Cal program or any other health care program." A second count alleges that he filed a fraudulent claim against the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services.

Cisneros is on administrative leave from the Sheriff's Department.