Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police 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 that[Read More…]
Law and Order
Matteson Man Facing Multiple Charges After Police Discover Him With “Blank Stare,” Stopped At CN Tracks On Western
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Matteson man stopped on Western Avenue south of the CN railroad tracks just before 4:00 AM found himself facing multiple charges, including two felonies, when police searched his car. Officers discovered weapons, drugs, and drug paraphernalia. Lewis C. Reed, 38, 3809 W. 213th St., Matteson, was[Read More…]
Former Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery
Bribes Paid to Former GSA Employees Totaling $15,000 in Exchange for Contract Work Maryland-(ENEWSPF)- A former government contractor pleaded guilty today to paying bribes to public officials related to work his company performed for the General Services Administration (GSA), announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Two Men Extradited from Mexico and Charged with Participation in Murder of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and Attempted Murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila
Five Others Have Been Extradited in This Matter Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two Mexican nationals have been extradited from Mexico to face charges for their alleged participation in the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on[Read More…]
Corning International Kabushiki Kaisha to Pay $66.5 Million for Fixing Prices of Automotive Parts
Detroit, MI-(ENEWSPF)- Corning International Kabushiki Kaisha (Corning International K.K.) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $66.5 million criminal fine for conspiring to fix prices, rig bids and allocate the market for ceramic substrates sold in the United States and elsewhere, and used in catalytic converters supplied to automobile[Read More…]
Federal Court Orders Justice Department Desegregation Plan for Cleveland, Mississippi, Schools
Mississippi-(ENEWSPF)- Late Friday, following a five-decade-long legal battle to desegregate schools in Cleveland, Mississippi, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ordered the Cleveland School District to consolidate its secondary schools. The court rejected as unconstitutional two alternatives proposed by the school district, agreeing with the Justice[Read More…]
Madigan: Wyeth And Pfizer To Pay $784 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Underpaying Medicaid Rebates
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $784.6 million settlement with Wyeth pharmaceutical company, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., to resolve allegations that Wyeth knowingly underpaid rebates owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for sales of Protonix Oral and Protonix IV. Illinois will receive more than $4.8 million[Read More…]
Madigan Reaches $18.5 Million Settlement With Peoples Gas For Misleading Consumers About Its Costly Accelerated Main Replacement Program
Attorney General Madigan Continues to Probe Costly Program to Hold WEC Energy Group and Peoples Gas Accountable for Delivering Affordable & Safe Service to Illinois Consumers Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced two settlements with Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples) and its parent company, Integrys Energy Group, which[Read More…]
Jury Convicts Festus Man Of Assaulting Deputy Marshal
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Wednesday afternoon, May 11, 2016, a federal jury in East St. Louis found William J. Mabie, 55, of Festus, Missouri, guilty of assault on a federal officer. Sentencing before the Honorable Richard H. Mills[Read More…]
Missouri Man Guilty Of Sex Trafficking A Minor And Conspiracy
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 13, 2016, Marcus Dewayne Thompson, a twenty-eight year old Park Hills, Missouri, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor and by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, and one count of Sex[Read More…]
