LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011. In its largest human trafficking case in agriculture to date, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday announced that it filed lawsuits in Hawaii and Washington against Global Horizons Inc., a Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, and eight farms. The EEOC contends that Global Horizons[Read More…]
Local Police Reports
Blue Island Man Charged In Murders of Three Young Women
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011. A Blue Island man was charged today with the murders of three young women over the course of one year’s time between 2009 and 2010 and police and prosecutors believe the man may be a serial offender and are seeking the public’s help in providing information on[Read More…]
Alleged Member of the Almighty Latin Kings and Queen Nation Charged in Hammond, Ind., with Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Murders
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011. An additional alleged member of the Almighty Latin Kings and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) has been indicted for his alleged role in a racketeering conspiracy in Hammond, Ind., and elsewhere, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of[Read More…]
Massachusetts High Court Says Evidence Of Non-Criminal Marijuana Possession Does Not Authorize Police Searches
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled in an American Civil Liberties Union case that the mere smell of marijuana no longer justifies a search or seizure, because the possession of a small quantity of marijuana is no longer criminal in Massachusetts. Massachusetts voters in November 2008[Read More…]
South Suburban Building Inspector Charged In Alleged Bribery Scheme
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011. A South Suburban building inspector has been charged for accepting cash bribes to influence the outcome of building code violations at two Riverdale apartment buildings, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Roy McKinney, 57, a resident of Riverdale, is accused of accepting[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for April 18, 2011
Have you signed up for Code Red? Register your phone numbers, mobile and landlines, today. (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[Read More…]
8 Year Prison Sentence for Oak Lawn Woman Charged with Stealing More Than $850,000 from Chicago Law Firm
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2011. The former office manager of a Chicago law firm was sentenced to 8 years in prison yesterday after she plead guilty to stealing more than $850,000 from the firm, using a large portion of the money to dine daily at a downtown lunch club, according to the[Read More…]
Attorney General Praises House Passage of Bill to Crack Down on Repeat Meth Offenders
Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan praised House members for their unanimous passage yesterday of House Bill 1908, which prohibits offenders who re-enter society after a methamphetamine-related conviction from purchasing or possessing any product containing pseudoephedrine. “This legislation is another tool to help law enforcement protect our communities from[Read More…]
U.S. Army Contractor Pleads Guilty to Assault in Relation to Stabbing at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 201. A U.S. Army contractor pleaded guilty to assault today in relation to stabbing another individual with a knife at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia and James[Read More…]
Virginia Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Plotting Attacks on D.C.-Area Metro Stations with People He Believed to Be Al-Qaeda Members
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2011. Farooque Ahmed, 35, of Ashburn, Va., was sentenced today to 23 years in prison, followed by 50 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to charges stemming from his attempts to assist others whom he believed to be members of al-Qaeda in planning bombings at Metrorail stations[Read More…]
