Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Federal corruption charges were unveiled today in three separate bribery complaints. Two former local public officials, former Cook County Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno and former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano, each were charged in two of the three complaints. Three businessmen who allegedly participated in one bribery scheme, and[Read More…]

Enforcement Checks Are Designed to Curb Impaired Driving, Enhance Seat Belt Usage CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012.  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP) and hundreds of local law enforcement agencies around the state today reminded motorists to “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket”[Read More…]

Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012. Thank you, Barney – and good afternoon, every one.   Today I’m pleased to be here in Philadelphia, and proud to join with so many critical partners – including Mayor Nutter, Commissioner Ramsey, Congressman Fattah, and Senator Casey – as we announce the recipients of the[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…]

SOUTH BEND, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following: Pleas: Thomas Kouttoulas, 53, of Laporte, Indiana, pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Christopher Nuechterlein to the felony offense of wire fraud. Magistrate Nuechterlein is recommending that the district court accept the tendered guilty plea. Parties have 10 days in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012.  Amine El Khalifi, a 29-year-old resident of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia in connection with his efforts to carry out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol Building in February 2012 as part of what he[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Three former executives of Fair Financial Company, an Ohio financial services business, were found guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud approximately 5,000 investors of more than $200 million, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Joseph H. Hogsett, U.S. Attorney[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following indictments were returned on June 20, 2012: Brian Levesque, 27, of Gary, Indiana, was charged in an indictment with possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine. These charges were filed as the result of an[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2012.  The owner and an employee of a Miami home health care agency were sentenced today to 108 months and 46 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a $22 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and[Read More…]