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…]
Law and Order
Video and Story: 2 Dead in Wednesday AM Crash on Algonquin
Mourners gathered Thursday night at the Wednesday AM site of a deadly crash on Algonquin Street. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police released a statement regarding the June 10 death of two teens in connection with an accident on Algonquin Street near Western Avenue: “On Wednesday, June[Read More…]
Former President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Operator of Psychiatric Facility Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, and Owner of Group Home Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. The former president of a Houston hospital, his son and a co-conspirator were sentenced today to 45 years, 20 years and 12 years in prison,[Read More…]
Universal Aryan Brotherhood Member and Associates Plead Guilty to Racketeering Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. One member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) prison gang pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
Former U.S. Army Specialist Pleads Guilty to Taking a Bribe While Deployed in Afghanistan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. A former specialist with the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from an Afghan truck driver at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan (FOB Gardez), in exchange for allowing the driver to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base for resale on the[Read More…]
Two More Banks Reach Resolutions under Justice Department’s Swiss Bank Program
Société Générale Private Banking Will Pay $17.807 Million Penalty and Berner Kantonalbank AG Will Pay $4.619 Million Penalty; Both Continue to Cooperate With Department of Justice Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that two banks, Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) SA (SGPB-Suisse) and Berner Kantonalbank AG[Read More…]
Community Alert: Multiple Cars Burglarized in Early Morning Hours
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police have issued a statement relating to multiple burglaries to automobiles over the past two days. The burglaries occurred in the early morning hours, and almost all the vehicles were unlocked. The statement follows: “In the past two days, approximately 20 cars have been burglarized[Read More…]
Kansas Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Airport
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015. A Wichita, Kansas, man pleaded guilty to attempting to explode a car bomb at the airport in Wichita, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Barry R. Grissom of the District of Kansas. Terry Lee Loewen, 59, of Wichita, pleaded[Read More…]
Enbridge Must Restore Environment Injured by 2010 Pipeline Rupture and Oil Spill in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015. The United States filed today a proposed consent decree that will resolve claims of federal, state and tribal resource trustees for natural resource damages (NRD) caused by the 2010 rupture of Enbridge’s Line 6B pipeline in Michigan that resulted in one of the largest inland oil[Read More…]
Suburban Investment Advisor Arrested For Defrauding Clients Of Approximately $1 Million
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2015. A Wilmette man was arrested this morning by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Norridge and Arlington Heights Police Departments and is facing federal wire fraud charges for defrauding his clients of at least $1 million of investment funds. Alan Gold,[Read More…]
