Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police have a personal connection to Monday night’s Manchester terrorist attack. In 2014, the department hosted Sgt. Garry Watters, Greater Manchester Police, United Kingdom, who worked with the Park Forest Police Department through the month of October in a professional and cultural exchange. I remember[Read More…]
Federal and International
Explosion At Ariana Grande Concert Leaves At Least 19 Dead, 50 Injured (Video)
Blog Commentary-(ENEWSPF)- In an incident that police were treating as a terrorist attack, an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England left at least 19 dead and 50 injured. The New York Times reports: Panic and mayhem seized the crowd at the Manchester Arena as the blast reverberated[Read More…]
Mother Sentenced to Prison for Taking Child from Illinois to Canada in International Parental Kidnapping Case
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A Canadian woman was sentenced to serve 26 months in prison following her December conviction for international parental kidnapping, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Hansen of the Central District of Illinois. Sarah M.[Read More…]
Former CFO of Public Computer-Services Company Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charge
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former chief financial officer of a public computer-services company admitted in federal court that he participated in a scheme to defraud a global telecommunications provider out of at least $3 million, pleading guilty to a federal fraud charge. ANTHONY ROTH, 52, of Upton, Mass., pleaded guilty to[Read More…]
Elkhart Man Sentenced To 117 Months Imprisonment
For Bank Robbery South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that an Lamont Hawkins, 21, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for bank robbery. Hawkins was sentenced to 117 months imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release. According to documents in[Read More…]
Former Owner of Chicago Rush Football Team Sentenced
Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison for Concealing Debts in Bankruptcy Petition Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former owner of the Chicago Rush football franchise was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for concealing debts in his personal bankruptcy case and overstating his net worth when acquiring[Read More…]
Chicago Dermatologist Convicted on Federal Fraud Charges
Billed Health Insurance Programs for Medically Unnecessary Treatments Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury has convicted a Chicago dermatologist on fraud charges for billing health-insurance programs for purported pre-cancerous treatments that were not medically necessary. From 2007 to 2013, Dr. OMEED MEMAR, 48, of Chicago, submitted claims to multiple health-insurance programs, falsely[Read More…]
ACLU Calls For Acting FBI Director To Lead Russia Investigation Permanently
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter today to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy Rod Rosenstein urging them to publicly commit that Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe will either continue to direct the bureau or will permanently lead the Russia investigation. Faiz Shakir, ACLU national political[Read More…]
ACLU To Jeff Sessions: Repeating The Failed War On Drugs Experiment Is Taking The Nation Back By Decades
New York, NY-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the criminal justice policy by former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. that instructed prosecutors to avoid charging certain defendants with drug offenses that would prompt long mandatory minimum sentences. Sessions’ memo directs his federal prosecutors to charge defendants with the most serious,[Read More…]
Former Associate Clerk in Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office Indicted for Allegedly Lying to Federal Grand Jury
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former associate clerk in the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office allegedly lied under oath to a federal grand jury when she denied selling tickets for the Clerk’s campaign fundraisers to other employees in the office, according to a federal indictment announced May 5. BEENA PATEL sold[Read More…]
