Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. 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 media. An arrest does not[Read More…]
Law and Order
Attorney General Madigan: Convicted Sex Offender Ruled Sexually Violent
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Morgan County jury has found that a registered sex offender is a Sexually Violent Person (SVP) following a three-day trial. Following the jury’s verdict, Morgan County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey E. Tobin ruled that Donnie R. Barrett, 41,[Read More…]
Two Wisconsin Men Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
WISCONSIN–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. Jason Michael Ludke, 35, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Yosvany Padylla-Conde, 30, also of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was charged in the same[Read More…]
Three Kansas Men Charged With Plotting a Bombing Attack Targeting the Local Somali Immigrant Community
KANSAS–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright, both 49, and of Liberal, Kansas, and Patrick Eugene Stein, 47, of Wright, Kansas, appeared in federal court to face a charge of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives), in connection with their plot to detonate bombs at an[Read More…]
Loves Park Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. A Loves Park man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to producing child pornography. ZACHARY RODRIGUEZ, 26, of Loves Park, admitted in his written plea agreement that on Nov. 6, 2014, he persuaded and enticed a minor female victim to engage in[Read More…]
Eleven Defendants Charged with Bank Fraud for Maxing Out Fraudulently Obtained Credit Cards
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2016. Eleven people fraudulently obtained multiple credit cards and quickly maxed out the credit limits, with no intention of ever paying back the balance, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Chicago. The defendants applied for the credit cards online, using false employment and income[Read More…]
ACLU Takes Legal Action to Protect Rights of Minnesota Transgender Student
St. Paul, MINN. —(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the ACLU filed a motion yesterday to intervene on behalf of a transgender student in a lawsuit that seeks to bar trans students from using locker rooms consistent with the student’s gender identity. The transgender girl, identified as[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Navy Federal Credit Union to Pay $28.5 Million for Improper Debt Collection Actions
Credit Union Used False Threats to Collect Debts and Placed Unfair Restrictions on Account Access WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Navy Federal Credit Union for making false threats about debt collection to its members, which include active-duty military, retired servicemembers,[Read More…]
US Labor Department Recovers More Than $570K in Back Wages, Damages for 55 Workers at Johnny Rockets Restaurants in Washington Metro Area
Consent judgment follows federal investigation of labor violations affecting servers WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. The U.S. Department of Labor announced today a consent judgment requiring the owners of two Johnny Rockets restaurants in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to pay $571,460 in back wages and liquidated damages to 55 servers[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for October 10, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. 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 media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
