CHICAGO-(ENEWSPF)- A physician who operated a south side medical clinic, Dr. Jaswinder Rai Chhibber, was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for engaging in a health care fraud scheme between 2007 and July 2010, federal law enforcement officials announced today. Chhibber, who operated the former Cottage Grove Community Medical[Read More…]

Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A suburban Lombard man was arrested July 5 after being charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to arrange for the murder of a plaintiff in a civil suit who had been awarded $8.2 million by a DuPage County judge. The arrest was announced by Robert D. Grant, Special[Read More…]

Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) 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[Read More…]

New law makes fleeing more difficult for offenders CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 5, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation that strengthens Illinois’ criminal justice system. Senate Bill 2520 closes a loophole in the Illinois Criminal Code, thereby making it more difficult for fugitives to flee a municipality, county, state, country, or other[Read More…]

Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Four defendants, including a licensed realtor and two licensed loan originators, were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least 42 residential mortgage loans totaling approximately $9.1 million from various lenders, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The indictment alleges that the mortgages were obtained[Read More…]

Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) 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[Read More…]

Colombia Part of Growing Trend in Latin America; Last Week President of Uruguay Called for Legal Regulation of Marijuana NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2012.  Colombia’s Constitutional Court today approved the government’s proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for personal use. Anyone caught with less than[Read More…]

PROVIDENCE, RI–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2012.  Today, Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island signed legislation that will reduce the penalty for possession of marijuana to a $150 civil fine for most offenses. Last week, the Rhode Island General Assembly voted in support of the two identical bills that will make possession of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A 47-year-old Chicago man was arrested yesterday after being charged with sending threatening and harassing communications to a Hollywood based professional model with a large online following. The arrest was announced today by Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Ten defendants, including the owners of two Chicago home health care companies and three physicians were indicted today for allegedly participating in two separate schemes to pay and receive cash kickbacks in exchange for the referral of Medicare patients for home health care services, federal law enforcement officials[Read More…]