LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013.  The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court child custody order that prohibited a parent from having overnight visitation with his child in the presence of his long-term domestic partner. The ruling ends a widespread practice in Arkansas custody cases of courts automatically barring[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Charlie M. Jarrett, 71, of Wood River, Illinois, was sentenced on November 20, 2013, in the United States District Court to 10 years in prison for distribution and possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced today. Jarrett[Read More…]

One Charged with Threatening Retaliation and Witnesses Tampering During Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Four commercial fishermen and one company were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Baltimore for a criminal conspiracy involving the illegal harvesting and interstate sale of striped bass on the Chesapeake Bay, announced Robert[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. A federal grand jury in Milwaukee has returned an 11-count superseding indictment adding David B. Moore, 45, as a defendant in the federal sex trafficking case involving his son, Najee Moore, 22.  Both men are charged with conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking and forced[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. The former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic based in Miami pleaded guilty today for his role in an $11 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. A Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against two executives of a Japanese automotive supplier for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold to Toyota and installed in U.S. cars, the Department of Justice announced today. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Vantage Oncology LLC (Vantage) has agreed to pay the government more than $2.08 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for radiation oncology services performed at its Illinois centers from 2007 through June 2012, the Justice Department announced today.  Vantage owns and[Read More…]

All Agree to Serve Prison Time in the United States Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Three high-level executives of Tokyo-based Takata Corp. have agreed to plead guilty for their participation in a conspiracy to fix prices of seatbelts installed in cars sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced[Read More…]

Wore Polka Dot Dress and Wig During Robbery Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On November 19, 2013, Arnell L. Edwards, a 50-year-old St. Louis, Missouri man, pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis to bank robbery, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former vice president of a company that was based in west suburban Downers Grove was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for a fraudulent invoicing scheme in which he obtained more than 100 company checks totaling more than $3.9 million and stole the money for[Read More…]