Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced May 22 in Hammond, Indiana federal court for racketeering conspiracy, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana. Martin Anaya, aka “Lefty,”[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Linda Heyde, 59, of Marion, Illinois, pled guilty in United States District Court to three counts of theft and embezzlement from a local government that receives federal funds, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Each count carries a maximum sentence[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Roscoe, Illinois man pleaded guilty May 20 in federal court to two counts of transporting child pornography via the Internet. In pleading guilty, Jason Nicoson, 35, admitted before U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Kapala that in December 2011 and January 2012, he used the Internet to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two FBI special agents were tragically killed May 17 during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Special Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw were members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, part of the Critical Incident Response Group based at Quantico,[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Seven men and one woman are facing federal drug charges in connection with an investigation dubbed Operation Heroin Hotline that targeted heroin trafficking on Chicago’s near west side. The charges and the arrests of five of the defendants were announced May 16 by Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two area physicians and three health clinic co-owners are among seven defendants charged here with engaging in five separate, unrelated health care fraud schemes to defraud the Medicare program and/or private health insurers of millions of dollars, federal law enforcement officials announced May 14. Four of the five[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Cary, Illinois business owner pleaded guilty to wire fraud May 13 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala. Clare Thomas Anderson, 44, who owned and operated multiple businesses in Cary, Illinois, and Florida, admitted that between April 2009 and January 2013, he schemed to[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in locating a man believed to be responsible for three recent bank robberies in the Chicago suburbs, including one that occurred on May[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  A federal complaint has been unsealed charging Dante Phearse, 32, of Houston, with calling in bomb threats to two synagogues located in Houston, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Roy L. Austin Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)-May 23, 2013.  Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as “Piolin,” 32, pleaded guilty today to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila in Mexico.  The court also unsealed today the guilty pleas of[Read More…]