Five Others Have Been Extradited in This Matter Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two Mexican nationals have been extradited from Mexico to face charges for their alleged participation in the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on[Read More…]

Detroit, MI-(ENEWSPF)- Corning International Kabushiki Kaisha (Corning International K.K.) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $66.5 million criminal fine for conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate the market for ceramic substrates sold in the United States and elsewhere, and used in catalytic converters supplied to automobile[Read More…]

Mississippi-(ENEWSPF)- Late Friday, following a five-decade-long legal battle to desegregate schools in Cleveland, Mississippi, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ordered the Cleveland School District to consolidate its secondary schools.  The court rejected as unconstitutional two alternatives proposed by the school district, agreeing with the Justice[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Wednesday afternoon, May 11, 2016, a federal jury in East St. Louis found William J. Mabie, 55, of Festus, Missouri, guilty of assault on a federal officer. Sentencing before the Honorable Richard H. Mills[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 13, 2016, Marcus Dewayne Thompson, a twenty-eight year old Park Hills, Missouri, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor and by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, and one count of Sex[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Mark D. Speer, 45, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen for possession of child pornography. Speer was sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release. In[Read More…]

Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A Naperville man has been arrested for allegedly forcing women to engage in commercial sex acts and brutally abusing them if they wouldn’t comply with his orders. BENJAMIN BIANCOFIORI used the promise of financial security to entice women into performing commercial sex acts on his behalf, according to a criminal[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The head of a violent street gang that terrorized the West Side of Chicago through murder and drug trafficking was sentenced today to life in prison. While leading the Imperial Insane Vice Lords, NATHANIEL HOSKINS ordered at least one murder and oversaw the operation of an open-air drug market[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of several Chinese restaurants in the Chicago area intentionally withheld state taxes by underreporting the receipts paid in cash, according to federal criminal charges filed today. HU XIAOJUN, also known as “Tony Hu,” 48, of Chicago, is charged in a criminal information with one count of wire[Read More…]