Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The retired leader of a regional labor union local was sentenced today to three years of probation for violating federal labor law by demanding and accepting custom-made livestock feeders for his buffalo farm in Maryland from a company that employed the union local’s workers, as well as other similar[Read More…]

Boston, MA-(ENEWSPF)- Two men were charged today in federal court with conspiring to commit insider trading. PETER E. TALBOT, 42, of East Longmeadow, and CARL E. BINETTE, 29, of Ludlow, were charged in a seven-count indictment with conspiracy and securities fraud. BINETTE was also charged with obstruction of justice. The[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on October 13, 2010, NICHOLAS MATTHEW HALL, age 39, of Franklin County, Illinois, pleaded guilty in United States District Court, East St. Louis, to a three-count indictment charging him with two counts of[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on October 14, 2010, DAVID STEWARD, age 36, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, to 70 months’ imprisonment, and a fine of $750 to be[Read More…]

Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on October 8, 2010, RYAN DEJAUN ANDERSON, age 26, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, East St. Louis, to 60 months’ imprisonment, four years’ supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Justice Department announced Wednesday that the evidence does not reveal a violation of the applicable federal criminal civil rights statute or warrant further federal criminal investigation in the death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a Detroit Muslim cleric, who was shot during an Oct. 28, 2009, arrest[Read More…]

Rockford, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the arrest of a Winnebago County man in her continued crackdown targeting the most active participants in downloading and trading child pornography on the Internet. Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joseph Bruscato, Sheriff Richard Meyers and Loves Park Police Chief James Puckett joined Attorney[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Seventy-three defendants, including a number of alleged members and associates of an Armenian-American organized crime enterprise, were charged in indictments unsealed today in five judicial districts with various health care fraud-related crimes involving more than $163 million in fraudulent billing, announced Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler,[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Around 4:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 7, 2010, the FBI reports that a lone white male walked into the Chase Bank branch located at 13211 LaGrange Road, Orland Park, Illinois. He approached the teller window, handed the teller a note allegedly announcing a bank robbery, and verbally threatened[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two former Chicago residents with ties to a sophisticated drug operation who had been on the run from law enforcement for nearly a decade, were located and arrested earlier this week in Mexico, announced Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of[Read More…]