CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2011— Bond has been set at $100,000 for one man, and $50,000 for another after both were arrested during a dogfight in progress, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Tuesday. Earl Johnson, 31, of the 1400 block of Marquette in Chicago, has been charged with dogfighting and[Read More…]
Law and Order
Wisconsin Man Charged with Alleged Sexual Exploitation of Minor in Belize
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011. Today a grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a one-count indictment against U.S. citizen Roland J. Flath for traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor less than 18 years of age, announced Assistant[Read More…]
Peoria-area Man Sentenced for Home Repair Fraud, Must Refund Over $100,000 to Local Consumers
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today a Peoria-area man was sentenced to one and a half years in jail with six months probation and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in restitution to consumers for scamming them out of thousands of dollars in home repair work he[Read More…]
Wycelf Jean Suffers Gun Shot Wound in Haiti
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2011. The following remarks are attributed to Derek Johnson, CEO of Yele Haiti: As many of you by now have heard, our founder and former chairman Wyclef Jean was the victim of a minor gun shot wound last night in Haiti. We have confirmation from the authorities[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for March 21, 2011
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[Read More…]
Suburban Worth Man Charged in Alleged Murder for Hire Plot
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2011— A Worth man is being held without bond after he was charged with trying to arrange for the murder of a female acquaintance even while he was being held in the Cook County Jail. Michael Carlson, 59, is charged with solicitation of murder for hire as a[Read More…]
Samsung SDI Agrees to Plead Guilty in Color Display Tube Price-Fixing Conspiracy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2011. Samsung SDI Company Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $32 million criminal fine for its role in a global conspiracy to fix prices, reduce output and allocate market shares of color display tubes (CDTs), a type of cathode ray tube used in computer[Read More…]
Palos Resident Charged with Felony Theft
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2011. Bond has been set at $200,000 for a Palos Heights woman who is charged with stealing funds from a women’s health care facility where she was employed as a bookkeeper, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Elizabeth Dillon, 55, of Palos Heights,[Read More…]
Load of Carrots Conceals Five Million Dollars in Cannabis
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2011— Bond has been set at $50,000 cash for two men caught with more than 1,000 pounds of cannabis, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Wednesday. Abrahan Garcia-Acosta, 44, of Loxahatchee, Florida and Diego Diaz-Perez, 49, of West Palm Beach, Florida have both been charged with possession[Read More…]
Latin Kings Member Convicted in Maryland of Racketeering Conspiracy, Murder, Robbery and Firearms Offenses
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. A federal jury convicted Chinua Shepperson, aka “Nu,” “NuNu” and “King Nu,” 28, of Washington, D.C., late yesterday of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings), murder in aid of racketeering, robbery, using a gun during[Read More…]
