Doctor Hid $8 Million in Secret Offshore Accounts in India Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 23, 2012.  A jury convicted Arvind Ahuja yesterday on federal tax charges stemming from his failure to disclose offshore bank accounts maintained in India and the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.[Read More…]

Grand Rapids, MI–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2012.  Grand Rapids voters this November will decide on a municipal measure to depenalize marijuana possession offenses to a non-criminal, fine-only offense. The City Commissioner’s office has approved the measure, Proposal 2, which seeks to allow local law enforcement the discretion to ticket first-time marijuana offenders[Read More…]

Owner and Manager of Missouri Scheme Face up to 20 Years in Prison Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2012.  Two Missouri men pleaded guilty today for their roles in a scheme to defraud consumers seeking immigration-related services, the Department of Justice announced. Thomas Joseph Strawbridge, 49, and Thomas Barret Laurence, 30, pleaded[Read More…]

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…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2012.  The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with MicroLink Devices, a manufacturer of semiconductor structures and advanced solar cells based in Niles, Ill.  The agreement resolves allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), when it[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former mayor for the village of Alorton was sentenced to 43 months in federal prison, $1,200 in fines, three years’ supervised release, and ordered to reimburse the Federal Bureau of Investigation $1,260 for investigative expenses, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R.[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Belleville man pled guilty in federal court on August 21, 2012, to a three-count indictment charging him with enticement of a minor (count one), transfer of obscene matter to a minor (count two), and transportation of child pornography (count three), the United States Attorney for the Southern[Read More…]

HAMMOND, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney David Capp announced that a Gary Police officer was arrested August 14 after being charged with drug trafficking and a firearm violation. David Finley, Jr., 31, of Merrillville, Indiana, was charged in a criminal complaint with distribution of cocaine and making a straw purchase of[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A St. Louis, Missouri resident, Anthony D. Bady, 23, was sentenced in federal court to 30 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm when he was a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. According to[Read More…]

FBI District of Connecticut-(ENEWSPF)- David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Emanuel Nicolescu, 32, formerly of Ridgewood, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 240 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised[Read More…]