Day: May 27, 2014

Suburban Business Owner and Bookkeeper Charged With $1.2 Million Credit Card Fraud Scheme and $1.5 Million Tax Evasion

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  A suburban businessman and his bookkeeper are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly cheating credit card companies of approximately $1.2 million and evading their personal federal income tax obligations of more than $1.5 million, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendants, VIET NGUYEN and ADELINA MIGUEL,[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Police Department Release Report Detailing Sources of Illegal Guns in Chicago

Based on New Analysis from the University of Chicago Crime Lab, Report Shows Path of Guns from Suburban and Indiana Gun Stores to Chicago Streets; New City Ordinance Regulating Gun Stores Proposed Following Court Decision CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department, with assistance from the[Read More…]

Durbin, Kirk, Quinn Announce New Conservation Program To Include Mississippi River and Lake Michigan

Program to fund public-private partnerships that will spur economic activity statewide WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) joined Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today in announcing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated both the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes as[Read More…]

ACLU of Florida Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Striking Down Florida Law Setting Strict I.Q. Limit for Executions

MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision striking down a Florida law that set strict criteria based on IQ test scores to determine a defendant’s eligibility for the death penalty. Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida, responded to the decision with the[Read More…]

ACLU Comment on Wood v. Moss Ruling

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  The U.S. Supreme Court today dismissed a case against Secret Service agents who moved anti-Bush protestors two blocks away from President George W. Bush during a 2004 campaign trip to Oregon. While reaffirming that the First Amendment prohibits the government from discriminating against protesters because of their[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, May 27, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing BELGIUM Attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels SYRIA Attack on Convoy of OPCW Inspectors and UN Staff UKRAINE Successful Elections Reports of Violence / OSCE Team Abduction Focus on De-escalation / Urge Restraint Elections / Actions of Armed Russian Militants /[Read More…]

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