Major Online Advocacy Campaign Features Powerful Video Testimonials; Hundreds Traveling to Albany to Pressure State Leaders Drive to Pass Bi-Partisan Legislation Comes on Heels of Cuomo, Bloomberg and Kelly Announcing Support for Closing Major Loophole in State’s Marijuana Decriminalization Law NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2012. On the heels of the announcement[Read More…]
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Lebanon Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Carla R. Walker, 43, of Lebanon, Illinois, pled guilty today to one count of bank robbery in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Walker faces a maximum possible[Read More…]
FBI: Chicago Investment Advisor Accused of Defrauding Suburban Bank and Two Clients of More Than $3.2 Million
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago investment advisor was indicted on federal charges for allegedly engaging in a scheme to defraud Oak Brook-based Leaders Bank and two of his clients of more than $3.2 million and ultimately causing the bank to lose more than $2.7 million. The defendant, Robert J. Lunn, was[Read More…]
FBI: Suspect Charged in Robbery of TCF Bank Branch in Chicago
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A 64-year-old Chicago man has been charged with the May 27th robbery of the TCF Bank branch located at 1220 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago. Jerry Campbell, whose last known address was in the 100 block of South Ashland in Chicago, was apprehended immediately after the robbery by[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for May 31, 2012
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…]
FBI: Man Arrested on Arson, Civil Rights Charges for Allegedly Setting Fire to Home of African-American Family
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Accused of targeting an African-American family because of their race, a Joliet man was arrested today by FBI agents on federal arson and civil rights charges for allegedly setting fire to their home on his street. No one was injured in the early morning blaze in June 2007,[Read More…]
FBI: Civil Agreement Reached with Leisure Properties LLC
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Leisure Properties LLC, d/b/a Crownline Boats (Leisure Properties), has reached a civil agreement with the United States of America arising from their removal and/or alteration of Hull Identification Numbers (HINs) on 21 of their boats, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton,[Read More…]
Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole Speaks on Alternatives to Incarceration Program: the Use of ‘Drug Courts’ in the Federal and State Systems
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2012. Thank you, Judge Gleeson for that introduction. I am very pleased to be here among this distinguished panel of criminal justice professionals. I want to thank the Federal Bar Council’s Special Committee on Sentencing Reform and Alternatives to Incarceration and the New York University School[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for May 21, 2012
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…]
Obama Administration Forces Prisons To Get Tough On Sexual Assaults
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: In 2003, Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act to stop sexual assaults in prisons, jails and halfway houses. But the crimes didn’t stop and may have even gotten worse. On Thursday, the Obama administration added teeth to the law by ordering federal, state and local[Read More…]
