High Court Declines to Hear Case, Letting Appeals Court Decision Striking Down Discriminatory ID Law to Still Stand Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will not hear arguments at this time over Texas’s strict photo ID law, which the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down[Read More…]
Law and Order
DOJ Report: Justice Calling
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson (photo by Maria Cardona) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017 By: Curtis Black “Unconstitutional policing has no place in the Chicago Police Department or the city of Chicago,” said Supt. Eddie Johnson in response to a U.S. Justice Department report finding patterns and practices of excessive force and other[Read More…]
University of Chicago Crime Lab Releases 2016 Gun Violence Report
Researchers examine reasons for increase, look to policy strategies in new year Prof. Jens Ludwig presents findings from Crime Lab’s report on Chicago’s rise in gun violence. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017 By: Mark Peters A new report from the University of Chicago Crime Lab examines Chicago’s 2016[Read More…]
Investment Manager Arrested On Fraud and Misappropriation Charges In Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Swindle
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2017. A Connecticut investment manager has been arrested for allegedly operating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that swindled approximately 30 individuals, including victims who reside in the Chicago area. ALVIN WILKINSON, the founder of Chicago Index Partners LP and Wilkinson Financial Opportunity Fund LP, both based in[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Lockport Woman Of Scheming To Defraud a Not-For-Profit Organ Donation Network
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2017. A Lockport woman was convicted on federal fraud charges this week for scheming to swindle money from a not-for-profit network that coordinated organ and tissue donations in Illinois and northwest Indiana. DEBRA A. SCHULTZ received the proceeds of false invoices which had been submitted to[Read More…]
Former Chicago Police Dispatch Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Federal Extortion Charge in Connection with Scheme to Smuggle Contraband into Cook County Jail
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2017. A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department admitted in federal court today that she provided private government information to her boyfriend in an effort to help smuggle contraband into Cook County Jail. STEPHANIE LEWIS used her position in the City of Chicago Office of[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Clemency to an Additional 330 People in Final Round of Commutations, Jan. 19, 2017
Source: prisonhandbook.com Advocates will push next Administration on Sentencing Reform Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 330 more people incarcerated in federal prison for drug offenses. This brings the number of prisoners who have been granted clemency under President Obama to 1,715. The commutations[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues TCF National Bank for Tricking Consumers into Costly Overdraft Service
Bank Obscured Fees, Adopted Loose Definition of Consent to Preserve Overdraft Revenue WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is suing TCF National Bank for tricking consumers into costly overdraft services. Banks cannot charge overdraft fees on one-time debit purchases and ATM withdrawals without a[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Convicted Sex Offender Ruled Sexually Violent
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a McLean County judge has found that a registered sex offender is a Sexually Violent Person (SVP) following a two-day trial. McLean County Circuit Court Judge Paul Lawrence ruled that Anthony Sullivan, 23, of[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Findings of Investigation into Chicago Police Department
Justice Department Finds a Pattern of Civil Rights Violations by the Chicago Police Department Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2017. The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) engages in a pattern or practice of using force, including deadly force, in[Read More…]
