NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—CNBC is reporting that Martin Shkreli, infamously known as ‘Pharma Bro,’ has been found guilty of three fraud charges by a federal jury. He now faces several years in prison when sentenced at a later date. Shkreli, a 34-year-old former pharmaceuticals company CEO and hedge fund manager who has[Read More…]
Law and Order
United States Senate Allocates $2.5 Million for LEAD, Innovative Program that Diverts Drug Users from Incarceration
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Redirects Low-level Offenders Engaged in Drug Activity to Community-based Services Instead of Jail and Prosecution; Seattle, Santa Fe, Denver, and San Francisco All Successfully Implementing LEAD in Their Cities Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2017. The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that contains $2.5 million[Read More…]
Attorney General Sessions Calls Opioid Epidemic a “Winnable War,” Emphasizes Enforcement and Incarceration as Solution
Sessions Announces New Drug Prosecution Measures in Ohio Speech on Opioid Crisis; Speech Comes After Trump Opioid Commission Calls for More Treatment to End Opioid Crisis OHIO—(ENEWSPF)—August 2, 2017. In a speech in Columbus Ohio today Sessions announced a new plan to boost investigations and prosecutions of opioid prescribers and[Read More…]
Infant Found Not Breathing Dies
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An infant found not breathing in the first block of Hemlock Street died Monday, Park Forest Police said in a statement Tuesday. Officers responded to a residence in the 0-100 block of Hemlock Street in Park Forest on July 26, 2017, for a report of an infant[Read More…]
Senator Cory Booker Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill, Focused on Racial Justice
‘Marijuana Justice Act’ Will End Federal Prohibition, Cut Law Enforcement Funding for States with Racially Disparate Marijuana Arrests; Bill Establishes “Community Reinvestment Fund” of $500M Aimed at Repairing Some of the Damage Done by the War on Drugs Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2017. Today, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced legislation[Read More…]
Police Investigate Shabbona Drive Shooting
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police are investigating a Shabbona Drive shooting that happened in the “late morning hours” of Monday, July 31, 2017. Today, as this article is written. According to police, the shooting happened in the 300 block of Shabbona Drive. Police fielded a report of “one minor[Read More…]
President Trump To Law Enforcement Officials: Let Those You Arrest Hit Their Heads?
Ronkonkoma, New York-(ENEWSPF)- President Trump apparently told law enforcement officials at an event in New York that it was okay with him if they did not protect the heads of people they arrest when putting them in vehicles. What, exactly, did he mean by that? What do you think? His[Read More…]
Police Arrest A 17-year-old Juvenile Walking In Roadway
Erratum: This story erroneously reported the arrest of 17 juveniles. Police arrested one juvenile, 17-years old. We apologize for the error. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police reported Saturday the arrest of a seventeen-year-old walking in the roadway. According to police, the juvenile was obstructing the roadway on Lakewood Boulevard[Read More…]
Former Melrose Park Police Detective Sentenced to 11 Years
Pleaded Guilty To Dealing Drugs Stolen from Police Evidence Room Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Melrose Park Police Detective has been sentenced to eleven years in federal prison for dealing narcotics stolen from the police evidence room. In the spring of 2014, GREGORY SALVI obtained a kilogram of cocaine that the[Read More…]
Chicago Trader Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Federal Prison
Misappropriated More Than $1.7 Million in Client Funds Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago trader sentenced Wednesday to more than five and a half years in federal prison previously pleaded guilty to defrauding clients out of more than $1.7 million by pocketing their money instead of investing it. RANDALL RYE, the owner[Read More…]
