Two Health Care Professionals Pleaded Guilty This Week for Roles in Multi-State Scheme WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2012. A registered nurse pleaded guilty today and a former program coordinator pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN), announced Assistant[Read More…]
Law and Order
Law Enforcement Members Ask Eric Holder And DOJ To Respect State Marijuana Laws
US Attorneys Urged To Use Discretion To Allow Successful State Implementation – Teleconference With Prosecutors, Cops & Judges Who Say Let States Legalize WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2012. On Tuesday a group of veteran law enforcement professionals will deliver a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the Department of Justice[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Sweep of Criminal and Civil Business Opportunity Cases
“Operation Lost Opportunity” Coordinated with FTC and State Partners Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. The Justice Department announced today the filing of several criminal and civil business opportunity fraud cases, initiated as part of a joint sweep with the Federal Trade Commission and several states. Business opportunity fraud schemes take[Read More…]
Boulder District Attorney Drops Pending Marijuana Cases
DA Stan Garnett Drops Small Marijuana Possession Cases In Boulder, Colorado COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–Following a similar move in Seattle, the City of Boulder, Colorado is dismissing pending marijuana possession cases of less than one ounce and/or paraphernalia in anticipation of the inevitable end of marijuana prohibition. I truly hope that all cities[Read More…]
Justice Department Settles Civil Contempt Claim Against Exelon Corporation
Exelon Agrees to Pay $400,000 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. Exelon Corporation has agreed to pay $400,000 as part of a civil settlement with the Department of Justice that resolves Exelon’s alleged violations of two court orders entered in connection with Exelon’s acquisition of Constellation Energy Group. The Department of Justice’s Antitrust[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for November 14, 2012
Fall 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 is reported[Read More…]
Seattle Police Will No Longer Arrest Anyone For Marijuana Possession
King And Pierce County Prosecutors Dismiss Over 200 Marijuana Cases OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. It’s a great time to be living in King and Pierce Counties in Washington State. More than 220 misdemeanor marijuana possession cases are being dropped in response to the passage of I-502. Not only are current cases[Read More…]
Saudi Student Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction
Khalid Aldawsari Purchased Bomb Materials and Researched U.S. Targets Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2012. Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 22, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, to life in prison. Aldawsari was[Read More…]
US/California: ‘Three-Strikes’ Vote a Humane Step
Proposition 36 Stops Life Sentences for Nonviolent Offenses Los Angeles–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2012. Voters’ approval of Proposition 36, which limits the reach of California’s “three-strikes” statute, is an important step toward a more humane sentencing system in the state, Human Rights Watch said today. “Under California’s three-strikes sentencing scheme, people could[Read More…]
Alvarez Trades ‘Guilty’ Plea on NATO Terrorism Charge for Four Months in Boot Camp
Defendant opts for guilty plea rather than indefinite term in jail for making remarks about nonexistent bomb in non-existent Harry Potter book in alcohol-fueled remarks to undercover cops. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2012. Cook County Jail is a deeply hostile and dangerous place, and today one of the NATO 5 agreed to[Read More…]
