Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)– A Woodland Hills man who bilked more than 20 victims out of approximately $2 million in less than one year has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison. Alfred Eugene Parker, 32, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who remanded the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– New York-(ENEWSPF)- The Justice Department announced today that former Lucas County Sheriff’s Sergeant John E. Gray was sentenced today by Judge David A. Katz to three years in prison, followed by two years’ supervised release, for federal civil rights violations and records falsification relating to the in-custody death[Read More…]

New York-(ENEWSPF)- PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that YONNI SEBBAG, a/k/a "Jonathan Cyrus," was sentenced today to 27 months in prison in connection with his participation in an insider trading scheme in which SEBBAG and his co-conspirator, BONNIE HOXIE, an assistant[Read More…]

Buffalo, NY-(ENEWSPF)- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Erik Kopczynski, 32, of North Tonawanda, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, to production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– It started at a red light, and ended with a felony charge. Officer Mannino was traveling northbound on Western Avenue from Elm Street observed a vehicle drive through the intersection at 26th Street and Western Avenue while the East-West lights at that intersection where red. The officer[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The president of a former west suburban auto dealership was convicted of engaging in a fraud scheme in which he, together with the dealership’s owner and another employee, caused lending institutions, car dealerships and customers to lose approximately $2.25 million in transactions involving more than 100 vehicles. Glenn[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2011.  On Thursday, a federal court in Chicago permanently barred Sidney Dove, a tax-return preparer from Joliet, Ill., from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced. U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras also ordered Dove, who does business under the name “Sid’s Tax,” to prepare[Read More…]

Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2011. An analysis of Denver crime statistics for 2010 contradicts claims that the operation of medical marijuana dispensaries are associated with elevated incidences of criminal activity. According to a Denver Post story published this week: “A Denver police analysis completed late last year of areas around dispensaries showed[Read More…]

Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on January 27, 2011, JOHN L. NEAL, Jr., age 51, of Mitchell, Illinois, was charged by criminal complaint with four counts of Bank Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section[Read More…]