Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2015. Andrew J. Zarauskas, a New Jersey resident, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegally importing and trafficking in narwhal tusks and associated money laundering crimes, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. Zarauskas was also ordered to[Read More…]
Law and Order
Police: 21-year-old Man Charged With Improper Walking in Roadway
Park Foreset, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police Department released the following statement Monday morning: "A 21 year old Park Forest man was charged with improper walking in roadway and obstructing identification after a Corporal in patrol stopped him for walking down the middle of Hay Street and forcing at least[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for January 9, 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…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Mohammed Hamzah Khan for Allegedly Attempting to Support Terrorism Overseas
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)-January 9, 2015. A southwest suburban Bolingbrook man who was arrested in October, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly attempting to travel overseas to join a foreign terrorist organization operating inside Iraq and Syria, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, a[Read More…]
Justice Department Enters Into Settlement Agreement with the State of Kansas to Protect Prisoners at the Topeka Correctional Facility from Sexual Abuse and Misconduct
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2015. Today, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division reached an agreement with the state of Kansas to reform the Kansas State Department of Corrections (KDOC) correctional practices at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) to protect its women prisoners from sexual victimization. The agreement resolves allegations that[Read More…]
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. Agrees to Pay $39 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations Under the False Claims Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2015. Daiichi Sankyo Inc., a global pharmaceutical company with its U.S. headquarters in New Jersey, has agreed to pay the United States and state Medicaid programs $39 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce physicians to prescribe Daiichi[Read More…]
Cicero Man Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Arson That Killed Man Sleeping In Adjacent Apartment In 2012
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2015. A Cicero man was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison for setting fire in January 2012 to his estranged girlfriend’s southwest side apartment that resulted in killing a man sleeping in the apartment next door. The defendant, JUAN ADAME, was convicted of federal arson[Read More…]
Three Former Correctional Officers at Angola Prison Sentenced for Abusing an Inmate and Cover-Up
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 8, 2015. Three former correctional officers with the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, were sentenced today before United States District Judge James J. Brady for the Middle District of Louisiana for abusing an inmate and engaging in conduct to cover up the criminal conduct. Mark Sharp, 33,[Read More…]
Former International Program Director of Adoption Agency Pleads Guilty to Ethiopian Adoption Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 8, 2015. The former International Program Director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent documents to the State Department for adoptions from Ethiopia and paying bribes to foreign officials. Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Former Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Using Excessive Force Against Detainee In Maywood
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. A former Cook County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a man who was being held in the county’s detention lockup facility in Maywood in 2010. The defendant, RAFAEL MUNOZ, pleaded guilty in September to[Read More…]
