Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2017. Each year, more than 600,000 people are released from federal and state prisons in need of jobs that provide economic security. A criminal record can be a major barrier to employment, particularly for returning citizens of color. To alleviate the effects of having a criminal[Read More…]
Law and Order
Domestic Calls: Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for July 25, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We resume our reporting on news from police reports, this week showing some domestic calls. 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…]
Hawaii Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2017. An indictment was returned July 21 charging Ikaika Erik Kang, 34, an Army sergeant first class stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Kang was previously arrested on July[Read More…]
Juvenile Arrested In Armed Robbery of Cab Driver
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police announced the arrest of a juvenile offender in connection with a reported armed robbery of a cab driver. According to police, shortly before midnight on July 20, 2017, Park Forest Police Officers were dispatched to the area of Westwood Drive near Winslow Street[Read More…]
Hammond Man Indicted For Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that a federal grand jury has returned a 2-count indictment against a Hammond man, Charles Stroud, age 73, of Hammond, Indiana. According to the indictment, between January 2015 and August 2016, Stroud received child pornography. On or about August 2016,[Read More…]
Nebraska Men Indicted In Connection With Armed Robberies
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that two Nebraska men were indicted on July 12, 2017 in connection with armed robberies: conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a[Read More…]
Businessman Indicted, Allegedly Stole Employer’s Trade Secrets
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm allegedly stole proprietary information, trade secrets, from the company while planning to move to China to begin work for a rival firm, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago. On Sept. 13, 2015, ROBERT O’ROURKE allegedly[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Secretary DeVos to Maintain Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—July 19, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with 19 other attorneys general, today sent a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos expressing concern over reports the U.S. Department of Education is preparing to roll back important protections for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. Madigan and the[Read More…]
AlphaBay, the Largest Online ‘Dark Market,’ Shut Down
‘Dark Net’ Site Was Major Source of Fentanyl and Heroin, Linked to Overdose Deaths, and Used By Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the Internet Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2017. The Justice Department today announced the seizure of the largest criminal marketplace[Read More…]
Attorney General Sessions Expands Police Powers to Take Cash and Other Property in the Name of Fighting War on Drugs
New DOJ Civil Forfeiture Policy Incentivizes Police to Profit from Seizing Property from People Not Charged with Any Crime; Reverses Obama Era Policy that Placed Restrictions on Policing for Profit Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 19, 2017. Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new Department of Justice policy that increases the ability[Read More…]
