Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Police issued the following Community Alert February 6 after a junior high school student reported a suspicious driver: “The Park Forest Police Department is investigating a suspicious circumstance that occurred this morning, Feb. 6. 2015, at around 7:30 a.m. when a junior high school[Read More…]
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Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 8, 2015
A winter past at 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[Read More…]
United States Settles False Claims Act Suit Against Good Shepherd Hospice Inc. and Related Entities
Midwest Hospice Chain Allegedly Billed Medicare for Ineligible Patients Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Today, Good Shepherd Hospice Inc., Good Shepherd Hospice of Mid America Inc., Good Shepherd Hospice, Wichita, L.L.C., Good Shepherd Hospice, Springfield, L.L.C., and Good Shepherd Hospice – Dallas L.L.C. (collectively Good Shepherd) agreed to pay $4 million[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Oregon Company and Executive to Stop Distribution of Unapproved New Drugs and Adulterated Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered a permanent injunction against James G. Cole Inc., of Hood River, Oregon, its president James G. Cole and its former general manager Julie D. Graves to prevent the distribution of unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated[Read More…]
Former Army Soldier Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of his Five-Year-Old Daughter, Feb. 6, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. An Army soldier was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for murdering his five-year-old daughter, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni of the District of Hawaii. Naeem Williams,[Read More…]
International Terrorism Defendant Sentenced in Manhattan to 25 Years in Prison
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that Adel Abdel Bary, aka “Adel Mohammed Abdul Almagid Abdel Bary,” aka “Abbas,” aka “Abu Dia,” aka “Adel” (Bary), was sentenced in Manhattan federal[Read More…]
Unlicensed Detroit Doctor Convicted in $4.69 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. A federal jury in Detroit today convicted an unlicensed physician for his participation in a nearly $4.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special[Read More…]
Former Ku Klux Klan Officer Sentenced to 10 Months for Committing Perjury During Cross-Burning Investigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Today, U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Pamela Morris, former secretary of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Alabama, to 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release for committing perjury during a grand jury’s investigation into a[Read More…]
Medtronic Inc. to Pay $2.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Related to ‘SubQ Stimulation’ Procedures
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 6, 2015. Medical device manufacturer Medtronic Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $2.8 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that Medtronic caused certain physicians to submit false claims to federal health care programs for a medical procedure known as “SubQ stimulation,” the Justice[Read More…]
Rockford Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud Involving More Than $500,000 In Fictitious Money Orders
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. A Rockford, Ill. man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for producing a fictitious financial instrument that appeared to be issued under the authority of the U.S. Treasury. In pleading guilty, BRADLEY SHERMAN HAMPTON, 55, admitted that on Aug. 31, 2009, he[Read More…]
