Defendant Allegedly Responsible for a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Attack against U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan in January 2009 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2016. A superseding indictment was obtained today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York, adding charges against Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 30, an American citizen,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former McKinsey & Company Partner Arrested on Fraud Charges for Allegedly Billing $890,000 in Bogus Consulting Services and Travel Expenses
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2016. A Chicago-based partner in a global management consulting firm schemed with a client to bilk their companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in purported consulting services that were never performed, according to a federal indictment announced today. NAVDEEP ARORA, a former partner in the[Read More…]
Owner of Three Los Angeles Clinics Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. The former owner and operator of three medical clinics located in Los Angeles was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $4.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Kent State University to Resolve Allegations of Discrimination in University-Operated Student Housing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that Kent State University (KSU) has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the university had maintained a policy of not allowing students with psychological disabilities to keep emotional support animals in university-operated student housing. Under[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for January 3, 2016 (Includes Podcast)
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…]
Convicted Felon from Hickory Hills Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Rifles and a Shotgun
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. A convicted felon from southwest suburban Hickory Hills pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to charges he illegally possessed firearms whose serial numbers had been obliterated. STEVEN RILEY, 24, sold a 20-gauge shotgun, two rifles and 40 rounds of assorted ammunition to an individual[Read More…]
Rochester Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. Emanuel L. Lutchman, 25, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000[Read More…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Riverside Man on Charges of Conspiring with Shooter in San Bernardino Terrorist Attack to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
Defendant also Charged with Being ‘Straw Purchaser’ of Two Assault Rifles Later Used in San Bernardino Attack that Killed 14 People Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 30, 2015. Enrique Marquez Jr., 24, of Riverside, California, a longtime friend of Sayed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack, was[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Landmark Settlement Agreement with State of Oregon Regarding Americans with Disabilities Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 30, 2015. In a Dec. 29, 2015, order, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon approved a settlement agreement between the Justice Department, a class of private plaintiffs and the state of Oregon, which resolved the department’s and the class plaintiffs’ claims against the state under[Read More…]
Rockford Resident Sentenced To More Than 19 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing A Gun As A Convicted Felon
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2015. A Rockford resident was sentenced yesterday in federal court on a federal gun charge. The defendant, MARTEZ DICKSON, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to a total of 235 months in federal prison, and ordered to serve 5 years of supervised[Read More…]
