Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. An East Side Bloods (ESB) gang member from Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced late yesterday to serve 30 years in prison for his role in the violent street gang, which operated on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community reservation. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]
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County Deputy Auditor in Indiana Charged with Embezzlement and Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. A former LaPorte County deputy auditor has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Indiana for embezzling over $150,000 from the LaPorte County government and committing tax fraud. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and[Read More…]
Black P-Stones Gang Member Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Firearm Charges
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. A 26-year-old man from Newport News, Virginia, was sentenced today to serve 255 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for engaging in numerous gang-related crimes as a member of the Black P-Stones, including the shooting of a rival gang member, marijuana dealing[Read More…]
Former Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force Against Detainee in Maywood Lockup in 2010
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. A former Cook County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty yesterday to violating the civil rights of a man being held in the county’s detention lockup facility in Maywood in 2010. The defendant, RAFAEL MUNOZ, pleaded guilty at his arraignment after he was charged last week with using[Read More…]
Arvada Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2014. Shannon Conley, age 19, of Arvada, Colorado, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney John Walsh for the District of Colorado and Special Agent[Read More…]
Former Burnham Village Clerk Sentenced To 1½ Years In Prison For Stealing From Revenue Payments And Cheating On Taxes
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. The former longtime elected clerk for the Village of Burnham was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for stealing more than $650,000 from her office at the south suburb’s village hall and using most of the cash to gamble at casinos. The defendant, NANCY DOBROWSKI,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Over Vacation Travel Club Scam
Suit Alleges Global Discovery Vacation Program Ripped Off Consumers of Nearly $80,000 Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against a Kansas-based company and two of its Chicago area sales agents that scammed Illinois residents out of at least $80,000 for membership in a bogus travel[Read More…]
Former TierOne Bank Executive Pleads Guilty for His Role in Scheme to Defraud Bank’s Shareholders and Regulators
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. A former senior vice president and chief credit officer of TierOne Bank, a publicly traded commercial bank formerly headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud TierOne’s shareholders and regulators. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice[Read More…]
Former Alabama Sheriff’s Investigator Sentenced to 36 Months for Assaulting Handcuffed Man at Macon County Jail
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. J. Keith McCray, previously a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced today by Judge Myron H. Thompson to serve 36 months in prison and two years of supervised release for assaulting a handcuffed man at the county jail, announced the Justice[Read More…]
Jose Padilla Re-Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Murder Individuals Overseas, Providing Material Support to Terrorists
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke re-sentenced Jose Padilla to serve 21 years in prison for his 2007 conviction for conspiracy to[Read More…]
