Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2015. Thirty-four individuals are facing federal and tribal drug charges as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero[Read More…]
Law and Order
U.S. Army National Guard Soldier Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2015. A soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he conspired with his cousin to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East. HASAN R. EDMONDS, 23, of Aurora, pleaded guilty to one count of[Read More…]
Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill on Former Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw’s Conviction of Sexually Assaulting Women While He Patrolled
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2015. Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of rape in Oklahoma, but rape culture is still being let off the hook. The former Oklahoma City police officer was accused of sexually assaulting thirteen African American women in the neighborhood he patrolled. Like so many other predators, Holtzclaw[Read More…]
Engineering Officers Charged in Scheme to Cover Up Oil Discharges from Cargo Vessel
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. A federal grand jury in Greenville, North Carolina, has returned a nine-count indictment charging two engineering officers employed by Oceanfleet Shipping Limited with crimes relating to the illegal discharge of oily wastes directly into the sea, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Department[Read More…]
Sixteen Named in Racketeering Indictment Alleging Money Laundering Schemes Orchestrated by Former President of Orange County Bank
Two Other Money Laundering Indictments Unsealed as Part of Operation “Phantom Bank” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Federal authorities today arrested 11 defendants named in a sweeping racketeering indictment alleging a series of money laundering schemes that revolved around the former head of Saigon National Bank, based in Westminster, California, announced[Read More…]
Former New Jersey Resident Admits Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. A former resident of Bergen County, New Jersey, today admitted that he conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J.[Read More…]
Physician and His Patient Indicted in Scheme to Fraudulently Prescribe and Dispense Oxycodone and Adderall
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. A southwest suburban doctor and his patient are facing federal drug charges for allegedly scheming to fraudulently prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately January 2010 to July 2013, DR. WILLIAM MIKAITIS issued over 500 prescriptions for Oxycodone and[Read More…]
Aurora Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. An Aurora man pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge that he conspired to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East. JONAS M. EDMONDS, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization,[Read More…]
Tenth Minnesota Man Charged With Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Three Co-Conspirators Have Already Pleaded Guilty; Five Expected to Go to Trial in May 2016 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame, 20, of Eagan, Minnesota, was charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), announced Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Army Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy in Afghanistan Bribery Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. An Army sergeant was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with supply contracts while serving in Afghanistan. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn[Read More…]
