Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Attorney General Eric Holder today praised the decision by a judge in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of New York who found in favor of the Justice Department’s lawsuit claiming that American Express’ rules for merchants violate antitrust laws. “Today’s decision is[Read More…]
Law and Order
Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Voyeurism Charges, Admits Secretly Taking Video Recordings of Dozens of Women
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District of Colombia and Chief Cathy L. Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department announced that Bernard Freundel, a rabbi who had worked for a Jewish congregation in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to 52 counts of voyeurism stemming[Read More…]
Hamza Naj Ahmed Indicted for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ahmed Stopped in New York While Attempting to Fly Overseas to Join Terror Organization; Defendant Also Charged with Lying to Federal Agents during Terrorism Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota announced[Read More…]
Colombian National Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison fo4r the Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Special Agent James ‘Terry’ Watson
Second Colombian National Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Obstructing The Investigation Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 19, 2015. Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to prison yesterday in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on[Read More…]
River Forest Man Sentenced To 12 1/2 Years In Prison For Sending Threats To Kill Chicago Politicians, Local Police, And Others
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2015. A River Forest man was sentenced today to 12 ½ years in federal prison for mailing and emailing threatening communications to kill Chicago area politicians and River Forest police officers, as well as oil executives in Texas and California. A jury found the defendant, RONALD HADDAD,[Read More…]
Florida Man Sentenced to 110 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Murder a Foreign National; Sale and Smuggling of Deadly Toxins
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 18, 2015. Assistant Attorney General of National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey, Special Agent in Charge John P. Woods of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark, New Jersey, and Special Agent in Charge Richard[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 18, 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…]
Police: Resisting Only Makes Matters Worse for Park Forest Man
Anthony Howse of Park Forest. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department issued the following statement on February 11, 2015: "On 2/9/15, Officer Johnson responded to a home on the 100 block of Algonquin St. to look for a man wanted by another agency for multiple felony[Read More…]
Russian National Charged in Largest Known Data Breach Prosecution Extradited to United States
Defendant Brought From Netherlands After Fighting Extradition for Over Two Years Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 17, 2015. A Russian national appeared in federal court in Newark today after being extradited from the Netherlands to face charges that he conspired in the largest international hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the[Read More…]
Federal Charges Filed In Sex Trafficking Of Minor
CHICAGO −(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. A man who allegedly sex trafficked an underage girl by force was charged in a criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The defendant, ALLEN C. IROEGBULEM, 24, of Roselle, Illinois, was charged with sex trafficking of a minor. The charges were announced today by[Read More…]
