ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. A Poplar Grove, Ill. resident was indicted yesterday in federal court in Rockford on a charge of distributing 448 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon, Boone County Sheriff David Ernest, and Belvidere Police Chief Jan Noble. According to the indictment, ARMAN M. DINO,[Read More…]
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High-Ranking Gang Members Among Several Defendants Arrested for Dealing Narcotics and Guns on Chicago’s South Side
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2016. Several suspects, including high-ranking members of a Chicago street gang, are facing drug or gun charges for their alleged roles in dealing narcotics and firearms on the city’s South Side. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Cornerstone,” spanned more than two years and included seizures of distribution quantities[Read More…]
Ohio Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Federal Prison for Bringing Minors to Chicago from Iowa to Engage in Prostitution
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2016. An Ohio man was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison for his role in a sex trafficking ring involving minor girls who were brought to Chicago from Iowa to engage in prostitution. WILLIE WOODS, 46, of Toledo, Ohio, helped transport the minor girls from[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Release Statement On May 24 Incident On Rich Court Where 2 FBI Agents Shot
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department has issued a statement regarding the incident that occurred on the morning of May 24 where 2 FBI agents were shot while attempting to serve a warrant on Rich Court. Injuries to the agents are considered non-life threatening, according to police. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Known Gang Member Indicted on Gunrunning Charges
Defendant Charged in Gunrunning Scheme with Stolen Firearms Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a Romeoville man for gunrunning and money laundering following a joint investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Illinois State Police Metropolitan Area Narcotics[Read More…]
NFL Hall of Famer, Practicing California Attorney Pleads Guilty to Filing a False Tax Return
MISSOURI–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. A San Diego, California, workers’ compensation attorney pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Missouri to one count of filing a false tax return, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District[Read More…]
Local Physician Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. A suspended physician pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to charges of health care fraud. CHARLES S. DEHANN, 61, of Belvidere, Ill., pleaded guilty before Judge Frederick J. Kapala to two counts of health care fraud in a scheme to defraud Medicare that included overbilling[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Additional ISIL-Related Offenses
Defendant Originally Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIL Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, a U.S. citizen and resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a superseding indictment with solicitation to commit a crime of violence and transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure. The additional charges were[Read More…]
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of Orphans While Working in Malawi
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A former general manager at an orphanage in Malawi pleaded guilty today to one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr of the Western District[Read More…]
Schaumburg Contractor Charged with Underpaying Union Employees and Underfunding Their Pension and Welfare Funds
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of a Schaumburg construction company intentionally underpaid his union-affiliated employees by more than $1.5 million while underfunding their pension and welfare funds by another $1 million, according to federal criminal charges filed today. JOSEPH LAMPIGNANO, the co-owner of A Lamp Concrete Contractors Inc., assigned laborers to work[Read More…]
