Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Mark D. Speer, 45, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen for possession of child pornography. Speer was sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release. In[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former Northwestern University Police Officer Charged In Second Child Pornography Case
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Northwestern University Police Lieutenant who ran a home photography business is facing child pornography charges in a second case in which he is alleged to have taken pornographic photos of a teenage girl, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Ronald Godby, 53,[Read More…]
Naperville Man Charged with Violently Forcing Women to Engage in Prostitution
Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A Naperville man has been arrested for allegedly forcing women to engage in commercial sex acts and brutally abusing them if they wouldn’t comply with his orders. BENJAMIN BIANCOFIORI used the promise of financial security to entice women into performing commercial sex acts on his behalf, according to a criminal[Read More…]
Leader of West Side Street Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison in Connection with Murder and Drug Conspiracies
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The head of a violent street gang that terrorized the West Side of Chicago through murder and drug trafficking was sentenced today to life in prison. While leading the Imperial Insane Vice Lords, NATHANIEL HOSKINS ordered at least one murder and oversaw the operation of an open-air drug market[Read More…]
Chicago Restaurateur Charged with Failing to Pay Taxes on Cash Receipts from Nine of His Eateries
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The owner of several Chinese restaurants in the Chicago area intentionally withheld state taxes by underreporting the receipts paid in cash, according to federal criminal charges filed today. HU XIAOJUN, also known as “Tony Hu,” 48, of Chicago, is charged in a criminal information with one count of wire[Read More…]
ACLU Comment On Sheriff Arpaio Contempt Ruling
Phoenix, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- A federal court has found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top deputies in contempt for repeatedly violating court orders to stop racially profiling Latinos as part of unlawful enforcement operations targeting immigrants. The ruling stems from an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit, Ortega Melendres v. Arpaio, in[Read More…]
3 Men Charged After Vandalism at Death Valley National Park, Death of Rare Pupfish
Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Three men face fines of up to $50,000 and a year in jail in connection with a drunken spree last month at Devil’s Hole in Death Valley National Park that killed a rare, endangered fish. “We’re looking forward to seeing these three men brought to justice,” said[Read More…]
Missouri Woman Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On May 12, 2016, Robin Thompson, a twenty-five year old Park Hills, Missouri, woman pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of Minor and by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, the Acting United States Attorney for the[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Jury Convicts North Suburban Lawyer of Immigration Fraud for Falsifying Clients’ Applications for U.S. Asylum
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury today convicted a north suburban attorney of submitting false information to immigration authorities to help his clients seek asylum in the United States. ROBERT DEKELAITA accepted fees from foreign nationals in exchange for submitting the false documents to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Bows to Pressure From States, Leaves Lesser Prairie Chicken in Likely ‘Death Spiral’
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- A lengthy legal battle in the fight over protection for lesser prairie chickens ended last night with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bowing to pressure from states to leave the beleaguered birds without Endangered Species Act protection. Lesser prairie chickens were protected as “threatened” in 2014, leading to[Read More…]
