WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2010. The national president and three members of the American Outlaw Association (Outlaws) motorcycle gang have been found guilty of participating in a violent criminal organization by a federal jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant[Read More…]
Local Police Reports
Madigan: Chicago Man Sentenced for Securities Fraud, Theft
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that a former Chicago man was sentenced today to 13 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for his role in operating an investment fraud scheme that targeted mainly those in the Chicago-area Hispanic community and bilked investors out of[Read More…]
Sex Trafficking Charges Filed Against Chicago Man
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2010. An investigation by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Human Trafficking Initiative has resulted in criminal charges against a Chicago man who allegedly forced his girlfriend to prostitute herself for his financial benefit and allegedly repeatedly beat and threatened her when she refused, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita[Read More…]
Suburban Man Arrested After Armed Robbery
Michael Nelson, 18. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Bond has been set at $250,000 for a Ford Heights man arrested after robbing a liquor store at gunpoint, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Monday. Michael Nelson, 18, of the 1500 block of Senator Lane, has been charged with armed[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for December 20, 2010
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…]
Man Charged With Homicide in Death of Park Forest Woman
Mark Williams. (Photo: PFPD) Update: Memorial Service Set For Park Forest Murder Victim Aisha Nettle-Boone Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police issued a press release Friday afternoon regarding the strangulation death of a Park Forest woman. According to the release, on Thursday, December 16, 2010, at approximately 9:52 a.m., Park Forest Police dispatched[Read More…]
Three Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges in Chicago Among 15 Extradited From Mexico in Past Week
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Three defendants facing federal narcotics charges in Chicago arrived here yesterday after being extradited from Mexico, federal law enforcement officials announced. All three were arrested in Mexico in May 2006 during a Mexican law enforcement raid on a laboratory in Toluca, Mexico, where synthetic fentanyl allegedly was being[Read More…]
Disturbing Video: Gunman Takes Hostages, Opens Fire at School Board Meeting
A gunman enters a Florida school board meeting, spray paints a wall and rants before going on a shooting spree. Spray-painting a "V" for "Vendetta" on the wall of the board room, the gunman, Clay Duke, permits women to leave before talking to the six remaining men on the board.[Read More…]
Holy Land Foundation Representative Sentenced
Michigan–(ENEWSPF)– United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka, a 47-year-old native of Syria, was sentenced today in federal court in Detroit to 12 months and a day in prison, following his guilty plea on October 14, 2010 to Making False Statements Under Oath in[Read More…]
Former Paint Manufacturing Chemist Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Stealing Trade Secrets Valued up to $20 Million
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A former chemist for a northwest suburban paint manufacturing company was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for stealing trade secrets involving numerous formulas and other proprietary information valued up to $20 million as he prepared to go to work for an overseas competitor. David Yen Lee,[Read More…]
