Defendant Repeatedly Attempted to Travel to the Middle East to Join Terrorist Group Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the Eastern District of New York charging Ali Saleh, 22, of Queens, New York, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former Bull Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Concealment Of Assets From A Bankruptcy Trustee
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. A former Bull Valley, Ill. man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to the concealment of assets from a Bankruptcy Trustee. JOSEPH MICHAEL PHELAN, 51, now of Augusta, Ga, the former President of Phezer Enterprises, Incorporated, located in Crystal Lake, Ill., caused[Read More…]
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Against Gay African American Man
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. A Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate crime offenses for his role in a Mar. 8, 2012, assault of a gay African American man in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division,[Read More…]
Retired Master Deputy Sheriff Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. A retired master deputy sheriff was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent[Read More…]
Russian National Admits Role in Largest Known Data Breach Conspiracy Ever Prosecuted
Hackers Targeted Major Payment Processors, Retailers and Financial Institutions Around the World Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. A Russian national today admitted his role in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, compromised more than 160 million credit card numbers and resulted in hundreds of millions[Read More…]
Florida Hospital District Agrees to Pay United States $69.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. North Broward Hospital District, a special taxing district of the state of Florida that operates hospitals and other health care facilities in the Broward County, Florida, area, has agreed to pay the United States $69.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Former Crainville Official Pleads Guilty to Theft, Official Misconduct Charges
Chicago —(ENEWSFP)—September 14, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that a Crainville woman pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $71,000 from the village. Linda Harvill, 64, was sentenced today in Williamson County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to one count of theft over $10,000 and one count of official misconduct.[Read More…]
Former FBI Special Agent Sentenced to Five Years in Bribery Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2015. A former FBI special agent was sentenced today to serve five years in prison, to be served consecutively with a 10 year federal sentence imposed on him previously in the District of Utah, for accepting and soliciting bribes in exchange for providing internal law enforcement documents[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for September 14, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]
Naperville Engineer Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years in Prison for Cutting Communication Cables and Setting Fire to Air Traffic Control Center in Aurora
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2015. A Naperville engineer who severed critical communication cables at an air-traffic control center in Aurora – causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays throughout the country – was sentenced on Friday to 12 ½ years in federal prison. BRIAN HOWARD used wire cutters to sever multiple[Read More…]
