Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Espar Inc. has been sentenced to pay a $14.9 million criminal fine after pleading guilty to participating in a scheme to fix prices for parking heaters used in commercial vehicles, the Department of Justice announced today. Espar Inc. pleaded guilty to a one-count felony charge in[Read More…]
Law and Order
42 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin On City’S West Side
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2015. Forty-two defendants are facing state or federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in the area of West Grenshaw Street and Independence Boulevard, in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the city’s west side. An investigation led by officers of the Chicago[Read More…]
Chicago Man Indicted For Fraudulently Obtaining Approximately $9 Million From Investors
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2015. A Chicago resident was charged yesterday with wire fraud after fraudulently obtaining approximately $9 million from approximately 50 investors by making false and misleading representations to the investors, which resulted in a loss to investors of approximately $4 million, according to the indictment. The charges allege[Read More…]
Vermilion County Court Imposes Penalty On Petroleum Company
SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced today that on June 18, 2015, a Vermilion County Circuit Court issued a Default Judgment Order against Excellent Petroleum, Inc. for $365,000. The order came in response to the company abandoning a truck stop and leaving ten[Read More…]
Seventeen Alleged Leaders and Associates of Clan Usuga Indicted in Brooklyn and Miami as Part of Coordinated Strike Against Colombia’s Largest and Most Influential Drug Trafficking and Armed BACRIM Criminal Group
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2015. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York and Regional Director Jay Bergman of the Andean Region of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today the unsealing of five indictments[Read More…]
Member of the Imperial Gangsters Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Murder and Racketeering Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. A member of the Imperial Gangsters street gang was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder and conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David A. Capp of the Northern[Read More…]
Department of Justice Filed Charges on more than 2,700 Human Smugglers in Fiscal Year 2014
Between 2009 and 2014, More Than 18,000 Individuals Charged With Human Smuggling by Federal Prosecutors Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. The Justice Department is committed to using its resources to bring to justice those that are breaking the law by smuggling migrants into the United States. In Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14, Oct.[Read More…]
Three MS-13 Leaders Sentenced for Racketeering and Related Charges for Multiple Murders and Attacks
Twelve Others Have Pleaded Guilty in the Case Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. Three leaders of MS-13 in Washington, D.C., were sentenced today to federal prison for conspiring to participate in racketeering activity and other charges stemming from their roles in murders, extortion and other violent crimes. Assistant Attorney General Leslie[Read More…]
Former Des Moines, Iowa, Police Officer Sentenced for Excessive Force
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. Former Des Moines, Iowa, Police Department Officer Colin J. Boone, 39, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa to serve 63 months in federal prison for using unreasonable force during a[Read More…]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces Arrest More Than 1,000 Child Predators in Operation Broken Heart
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces arrested 1,140 child predators from 41 states during a two-month, nationwide operation, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced today. The 61 ICAC Task Forces, funded through an OJJDP grant program, conducted Operation Broken Heart, a[Read More…]
