Piladelphia, PA-(ENEWSPF)- The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that bail was set Monday at $250,000 for Msgr. William J. Lynn, , four days after an appeals court ruled he was wrongly convicted of endangering children. According to the Inquirer: Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina also ruled that Lynn must surrender[Read More…]
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FBI: Rockford Man Sentenced to 113 Months in Federal Prison for the Robberies of Rockford-Area Banks and Credit Union
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford, Illinois man was sentenced December 27 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 113 months in prison without parole, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing two Rockford-area banks and a credit union. Delanio Benford, 34, pled guilty[Read More…]
Abbott Laboratories Pays U.S. $5.475 Million to Settle Claims That Company Paid Kickbacks to Physicians
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 30, 2013. Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay the United States $5.475 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce doctors to implant the company’s carotid, biliary and peripheral vascular products, the Justice Department announced on Friday. Abbott is a[Read More…]
FBI: Indictments Returned in Hammond Federal Court Dec. 18, 2013
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned on December 18, 2013: Alejandro Murillo, 26, of Chicago, Illinois, was charged with distribution of methamphetamine and eluding examination and inspection by immigration officers. These charges were filed as the result of an investigation by the[Read More…]
FBI: Federal Grand Jury in Fort Wayne Returns Indictments on Dec. 16, 2013
Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a grand jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on December 16, 2013: Brandon S. Keister, 21, of Russell, Kentucky, is charged in a single count Indictment with stealing a firearm from a Federal Firearms License person[Read More…]
FBI: United States Attorney Announces Conviction and Sentencing of Evansville Man for Tax Fraud
Evansville, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced December 17 that Gregory P. Stodghill, age 46, of Vincennes, has been convicted and sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young to 60 months (five years, the statutory maximum) in federal prison after admitting that he engaged in[Read More…]
District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Pennsylvania-Based Dairy Firms and Individuals to Prevent Distribution of Foods That Contain Excessive Drug Residue
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 26, 2013. U.S. District Court Judge Kim R. Gibson of the Western District of Pennsylvania has entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Metzler & Sons LLC and Pleasant View Farms Inc., the Justice Department announced today. The permanent injunction was also entered against Rodney L. Metzler,[Read More…]
Texas Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Punching and Breaking Jaw of 79-year-old African American Man
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 26, 2013. Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, has been charged with a federal hate crime related to a racially-motivated assault of a 79-year-old African American man, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels of the Civil Rights Division along with U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for December 23, 2013
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…]
Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reach $35 Million Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Lending Discrimination by National City Bank
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2013. The Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a consent order today to resolve allegations that National City Bank engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination that increased loan prices for African-American and Hispanic borrowers who obtained residential mortgages between 2002 and 2008[Read More…]
