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…]
Law and Order
Independent Police Review Authority Committee Starts Search with Open Applications Process
Expected to Expand Pool of Qualified Candidates for Independent Police Review Authority Chief Administrator CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the independent committee conducting the search for the next chief administrator to lead the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) is starting with an open application process and is[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Over Illegal Eviction Practices
Attorney General Sues Safeguard Properties LLC for Breaking into Legally Occupied Homes, Changing Locks & Shutting Off Utilities Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced she has filed a lawsuit against Safeguard Properties LLC for illegally evicting struggling Illinois homeowners by breaking into their homes, changing locks to[Read More…]
Medical Supply Company Officer and Southern California Physician Sentenced for $1.5 Million Medicare Fraud
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. A former officer of Fendih Medical Supply Inc. was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison yesterday in Los Angeles for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $1.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. In addition, a physician was sentenced to 27 months[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Iroquois County Man Arrested for Child Pornography
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday said a Watseka man was charged with multiple counts of child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative launched to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Brandon C. Shaw, 41, is charged with[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Staffing Company to Resolve Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Kelly Services Inc., a staffing company based in Troy, Mich., resolving an allegation of discrimination based on citizenship status during the employment eligibility re-verification process at one of its branch locations in Schaumburg, Ill. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Holder Meets with Mexican Attorney General About Mexico’s Release of DEA Agent’s Killer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder met with Mexican Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam today to discuss the release by the Mexican government of Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted of murdering Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in February 1985. Caro Quintero was convicted and[Read More…]
Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Federal Racketeering Charges, Sept. 9, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern[Read More…]
Two Dead in Sunday AM Motorcycle Crash on Sauk Trail in Park Forest
(Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms that two men, Joshua Kimes, 24, of Matteson; and Alex Ingerly, 21, of Steger, both died early Sunday morning as the result of a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Sauk Trail and Indianwood Boulevard in Park Forest.[Read More…]
Brooklyn Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with $13 Million Kickback and Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2013. A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident pleaded guilty today for his role as a patient recruiter in a $13 million kickback and health care fraud scheme, the fourth defendant to plead guilty in the scheme based at the Cropsey Medical Care PLLC clinic in Brooklyn. Acting Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
