The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: ENEWSPF) 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 local[Read More…]
Local Police Reports
New York City: Pot Arrests For 2010 Top 50,000
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2011. City police made over 50,000 arrests in 2010 for the crime of marijuana possession in public, according to statistics from the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services and analyzed by Queens College sociologist Harry Levine. New York city police made 50,383 lowest level marijuana[Read More…]
Sheriff Dart Calls for Changes to Indigent Burial Practices
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2011. More than a year after uncovering a horrific scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart detailed new concerns about what he has learned are common practices in the cemetery industry – practices he said are not only disturbing, but which also threaten to[Read More…]
Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 111 Individuals for More Than $225 Million in False Billing
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2011. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force today charged 111 defendants in nine cities, including doctors, nurses, health care company owners and executives, and others, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving more than $225 million in false billing, announced Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human[Read More…]
Suburban Home Security Company Named In Consumer Fraud Lawsuit
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2011. A national home security company based in northwest suburban Cook County has been accused in a consumer fraud lawsuit of ripping off customers by providing false and misleading information about the company’s cancellation policies, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced today. CastleRock Security Inc., of Arlington[Read More…]
Jail Inmate Charged in Alleged Plot to Have Witness Killed
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2011. A Cook County Jail inmate awaiting trial on a residential burglary charge has been charged with attempting to recruit a hit man to kill a female witness in his pending criminal case, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced today. Juan Vanga, 18, has been charged with[Read More…]
Indianapolis Couple Sentenced for Bankruptcy Fraud
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced today that Christopher and Tiffany Welton, 38 and 35 respectively, of Indianapolis, were each sentenced to 36 months’ probation today by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt following their guilty plea to two counts of bankruptcy fraud. Six months of the[Read More…]
Illinois Attorney Indicted for Allegedly Attempting to Provide Heroin to a Federal Inmate
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that attorney Robert A. Drew, 68, of Marion, Ill., was indicted today with attempting to provide heroin to an inmate of the Federal Correctional Complex – Terre Haute. The indictment is the result of a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau[Read More…]
Madigan: DHS Caseworker Arraigned on Charges in Alleged Kickback Scheme
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday announced that an Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker was arraigned on fraud and official misconduct charges for allegedly bilking the state out of thousands of dollars. Margarita Lopez, 45, of Chicago pleaded not guilty yesterday in Cook County Circuit Court[Read More…]
‘Operation Protect Our Children’ Seizes Website Domains Involved in Advertising and Distributing Child Pornography
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced the execution of seizure warrants against 10 domain names of websites engaged in the advertisement and distribution of child pornography as part of “Operation Protect Our Children”—a new joint operation between DOJ and[Read More…]
