Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Park Forest man has been convicted in federal court of leading a crew of armed robbers that targeted cellular telephone stores in the Chicago suburbs. ERIC CURTIS recruited several individuals to join the crew and armed them with firearms to carry out the robberies. The crew stole hundreds[Read More…]
Federal and International
Caseville Woman Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery Of Convenience Store
Case Is One of Many Brought as a Result of United States Attorney’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 6, 2016, Jenna M. McGlasson, a twenty-eight year old Caseyville, Illinois, woman pled guilty in federal district court to an Indictment charging her with Interference with Commerce by Robbery and[Read More…]
HRC and Equality NC Urge UNC Leadership to Reject HB2 and Comply with Federal Civil Rights Law
LGBT civil rights organizations call on university leaders to do the right thing: protect the wellbeing of students, avoid loss of billions in federal funding Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC have sent letters to chancellors and presidents of the University of North Carolina and North Carolina Community[Read More…]
3 Weeks Later: Gov. McCrory & NC Assembly Leadership Have Still Not Fulfilled Open Records Request
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Thursday marked three weeks since the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC filed an open records request seeking information from the office of Gov. Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, and House Speaker Tim Moore about their communications with anti-LGBT activists to pass the disastrous HB 2 into[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Clemency to 58 Individuals in Federal Prison on Drug Offenses
Drug Policy Alliance: The President is Acting; Congress Must Step Up Too New York, NY-(ENEWSPF)- President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 58 people incarcerated in federal prison for drug offenses. This follows the commutation of 61 individuals on March 30, 2016, 95 people in December of 2015, 45 people[Read More…]
Forty-Eight Alleged Members of Gangster Disciples Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Forty-eight alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples Gang – including the top leaders in Tennessee and Georgia – have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Highland Resident Sentenced For Child Pornography Offenses
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 29, 2016, Richard Hogg, 56, Highland, IL, was sentenced on an Indictment charging him, in Count 1, with Distribution of Child Pornography; in Counts 2 and 3, with Receipt of[Read More…]
Pro-Drug Policy Reform Police Officer Wins Free Speech Case
Victoria Police Department Ordered to Pay Highest-Ever Award for Injury to Dignity in a Political Belief Case in Canada Victoria, B.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) speaker and board member Constable David Bratzer won a free speech case against his employer, the Victoria Police Department (VicPD), for discrimination against his political beliefs.[Read More…]
Latin King Nicholas Baez Charged With Murder During Narcotics Conspiracy
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney David A. Capp announced today that a criminal complaint was filed against Nicholas Baez, a/k/a “Cali”, 22, of Hammond, Indiana for causing the death of another through the use of a firearm in connection with a narcotics conspiracy. According to documents filed in the case, Baez[Read More…]
Former FBI Special Agent Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of Drug Proceeds and Obstruction of Justice
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2016. A former FBI special agent pleaded guilty today for stealing over $136,000 of drug proceeds seized during the execution of search warrants in 2014 and falsifying reports and tampering with a witness. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent[Read More…]
