Madigan Issues Guidance to Increase Awareness of State and Federal Laws Governing Illinois Law Enforcement in Enforcing Immigration Laws Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued guidance to state, county and local law enforcement agencies to increase awareness and provide an overview of recent state laws and federal[Read More…]
Law and Order
Domestic Battery Charges Top Police Reports: Aug. 29-Sept. 10
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Domestic battery tops the charges in police reports since August 29. ENEWSPF continues to bring more complete coverage of police reports for our readers. An arrest does not mean that a person is guilty. All those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty. It is the policy[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervision Recovers $14 Million in First Half of 2017 for Over 100,000 Consumers Harmed by Illegal Practices
Bureau Supervision Requires Some Companies to Change Practices to Prevent Future Violations Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced that recent supervisory actions resulted in $14 million in relief to more than 104,000 harmed consumers from January through June 2017. Findings in today’s Supervisory[Read More…]
Removing Barriers to Economic Opportunity for Americans with Criminal Records Is Focus of New Multistate Initiative
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2017. Today, the Center for American Progress, the National Employment Law Project (NELP), and Community Legal Services (CLS) announced the launch of a three-year, multistate initiative to remove barriers to economic opportunity for Americans with criminal records and their families, building on the bipartisan momentum growing[Read More…]
Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for 2010 Armed Robberies
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A St. Louis man will serve 27 years in federal prison for robbing two convenience stores and shooting a customer in 2010. Derek Marshall, 24, was sentenced on August 31, 2017, in the U.S. District Court to 27 years in prison for his role in the June 17,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Former Priest Ruled Sexually Violent Person
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced last wek that a Cook County judge found a former Chicago priest a Sexually Violent Person (SVP). Cook County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Porter ruled that Daniel McCormack, 48, formerly a Roman Catholic priest and pastor of St. Agatha’s Church in[Read More…]
Champaign Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Champaign man, (Illinois) Jaime Breckenridge, 33, of the 2200 Block of S. First Street, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Urbana on Sept. 13, 2017, for arraignment on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The grand jury returned the indictment on Sept. 5,[Read More…]
Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Larry Norton, age 66, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced to life imprisonment before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5[Read More…]
Manhattan District Attorney Announces New Policy to Reduce Impact of Marijuana Possession Arrests, Citing Collateral Consequences
DA Also Announces Manhattan Hope Diversion Program, Will Decline to Prosecute Some New Yorkers Found in Possession of Small Amounts of Illegal Substances; DA Calls on State Legislature to Act on Marijuana Reform NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2017. Today, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. announced a shift in his office’s[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Zero Parallel for Steering Consumers Toward Bad Deals
Bureau Orders Zero Parallel and Its Owner to Pay $350,000 and Stop Their Abusive Practices Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 6, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against an online lead aggregator for steering consumers toward lenders who offered illegal or unlicensed loans that were void in the[Read More…]
