Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today the arrest of a Kane County man on child pornography charges as part of a continuing statewide crackdown. South Elgin police arrested Ronald Lee Gablin, 31, of South Elgin. He is charged with one count of aggravated possession of child[Read More…]
Law and Order
Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Appoints New Executive Director
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011. The Chair of the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, retired Judge Patricia Brown Holmes, announced the appointment of David C. Thomas as Executive Director of the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission. The Commission was created to investigate claims of convicted persons that claim they were[Read More…]
Texas Resident Arrested on Charge of Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011 Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with his alleged purchase of chemicals and equipment necessary[Read More…]
Virginia Man Sentenced for Providing Material Support and Encouraging Violent Jihadists to Kill U.S. Citizens
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011. Zachary Adam Chesser, 21, of Fairfax County, Va., was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for communicating threats against the writers of the South Park television show, soliciting violent jihadists to desensitize law enforcement, and attempting to provide material[Read More…]
Windy City Insurance Agency Inc. and Windy City Tax Service Allegedly File False Tax Returns
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011. The United States has sued a Chicago tax return preparer seeking to bar her from preparing any more federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit alleges that Rita Augustus and her businesses, Windy City Insurance Agency Inc. and Windy City[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Contractor in Downstate Driveway Repair Scam
Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County Circuit Court against a home repair contractor who scammed consumers out of thousands of dollars under a guise of repairing their driveways for little to no fee. Madigan’s lawsuit alleges that since January 2010, Michael Maddox,[Read More…]
Subcontractor Arraigned on Alleged Theft and Forgery Charges in O’Hare Construction Project
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2011. Following an investigation by Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a longtime foreman and subcontractor for a Melrose Park construction company was charged with theft and forgery for allegedly cheating employees out of their proper wages and pocketing more than $270,000 in excess payroll funds. Attorney General Lisa Madigan[Read More…]
Cook County State’s Attorney Outlines Plans to Monitor Tuesday’s Election Day Activiities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2011. With a significant number of candidates on the ballot in Tuesday’s mayoral and aldermanic elections and anticipating a high volume of Election Day complaints and inquiries, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office will be stepping up efforts to ensure that proper procedures are being followed and election[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for February 21, 2011
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: ENEWSPF) 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 local[Read More…]
New York City: Pot Arrests For 2010 Top 50,000
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2011. City police made over 50,000 arrests in 2010 for the crime of marijuana possession in public, according to statistics from the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services and analyzed by Queens College sociologist Harry Levine. New York city police made 50,383 lowest level marijuana[Read More…]
