Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. A U.S. Navy Captain Select was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for bribery charges, admitting that he accepted cash, gifts, travel expenses, entertainment and the services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) in exchange for classified U.S. Navy information,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Joliet Man Charged with Arson for Allegedly Setting Fire to His Employer’s Warehouse in Woodridge
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2016. A Joliet man was charged with arson today for allegedly causing a fire that destroyed his employer’s furniture distribution center in west suburban Woodridge. RUBEN ANTONIO OCHOA CRUZ, a high lift operator in the warehouse, used a Bic lighter to spark the fire on April 21,[Read More…]
Twenty-Five Miami-Area Defendants Charged with Submitting $26 Million in False Claims to the Medicare Part D Program
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016. Charges were filed today against 25 Miami-area defendants in three separate cases for their alleged participation in various schemes to defraud Medicare of approximately $26 million in false claims through the Medicare Part D program. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,[Read More…]
Disbarred Illinois Attorney Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for Deceiving Homeowners in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO ―(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016. A disbarred Illinois lawyer has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme that bilked lenders and vulnerable homeowners out of more than $725,000. AVALON BETTS-GASTON contrived fraudulent real estate transactions to defraud homeowners and financial[Read More…]
Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging That Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. The Department of Justice announced today that pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and Pfizer Inc. have agreed to pay $784.6 million to resolve allegations that Wyeth knowingly reported to the government false and fraudulent prices on two of its proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs, Protonix Oral and Protonix[Read More…]
Malian National Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Murder U.S. Diplomat
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2016. Alhassane Ould Mohamed, aka Cheibani, 46, a citizen of Mali, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the Eastern District of New York for conspiring to murder a U.S. diplomat stationed in Niamey, Niger, in December 2000. The sentence was announced by Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Convicted Felon from Hickory Hills Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing Rifles and a Shotgun
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2016. A convicted felon from southwest suburban Hickory Hills was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison for illegally possessing several firearms with obliterated serial numbers. STEVEN RILEY, 24, sold a 20-gauge shotgun, two rifles and 40 rounds of assorted ammunition to an[Read More…]
Sauk Village Treasurer Charged with Stealing More Than $21,000 from Police Pension Fund
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The treasurer of south suburban Sauk Village was arrested today for allegedly looting the village’s Police Pension Fund out of more than $21,000. JAMES GRIEGEL, 71, of Sauk Village, is charged with embezzlement in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Federal authorities arrested Griegel[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports April 25, 2016
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…]
Park Forest Police Seek Public’s Help Locating Missing Teen
Update: The juvenile has been located safe. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Have you seen this missing teen? Park Forest Police issued a statement Monday afternoon asking for the public’s help locating Karolyn Buie. The statement follows: “Karolyn Buie, age 15, has been reported as missing/run-away. She was reported to have been[Read More…]
