Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition Causing Illinois Consumers to Pay More for Provigil Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts in 47 other states and Washington, D.C. to announce a $125 million settlement with Cephalon Inc., a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Vice Lords Leader Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Gang-Related Shooting
MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. A leader of the Vice Lords street gang was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for attempted murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the May 7, 2015, shooting of a family of four with an AK-47 in Detroit. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Suit Against Harris County, Texas, Over Polling Place Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The Justice Department filed a complaint today in the Southern District of Texas alleging that Harris County, Texas, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide accessible polling places for voters with disabilities. Many polling places in Harris County have architectural barriers – such[Read More…]
Mars Petcare Settles False Advertising Charges Related to Its Eukanuba Dog Food
Company’s Ads Claimed the Brand Could Increase Dogs’ Lifespan by 30 Percent or More Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. Mars Petcare U.S., Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it falsely advertised the health benefits of its Eukanuba brand dog food. Specifically, the FTC alleges that the company[Read More…]
Alleged Associates of La Cosa Nostra Charged with Extortion and Loansharking
MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. Five alleged associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime family were charged today with extortion by threat of physical violence, making extortionate extensions of credit and collection on an extension of credit by extortionate means. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
North Carolina Man Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. A Charlotte, North Carolina, man was arrested this morning on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Erick Jamal Hendricks, 35, tried to recruit people to train together[Read More…]
Virginia Law Enforcement Officer Arrested for Attempting to Support ISIL
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016. Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, Virginia, was arrested today on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Young is employed by the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) as a law enforcement officer.[Read More…]
Two Men Indicted on Federal Drug Charges in Related Cases
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2016. Two men were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford, Ill., on drug charges in related cases. GILBERTO VENEGAS-GARZA, 48, of Houston, Texas, was charged with one count of distributing cocaine on June 28, 2016. CONSTANCIO PALOMINO-CHAVEZ, 34, of Rockford, was charged with possessing[Read More…]
Naperville Man Admits Lying to U.S. Immigration Officials About Past Membership in Chinese Communist Party
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2016. A Naperville man admitted in federal court today that he willingly failed to disclose his prior membership in the Chinese Communist Party when seeking naturalized citizenship in the United States. LU LIN, 59, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to an immigration[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports August 1. 2016, 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…]
