WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2011. A leader of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) in Maryland was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams Jr. to 60 years in prison for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member and[Read More…]
Law and Order
Police Discover Man Asleep Behind The Wheel With Truck Stopped on Tracks
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– There are times on the highway when truck drivers will pull over and take a nap in the back of their cab. Pickup truck drivers may do the same, and others. It’s certainly never a good idea to fall asleep behind the wheel, especially when one’s truck[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for February 14, 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 other[Read More…]
Drug Dogs More Likely To ‘False Report’ When Their Handlers Believe Contraband Is Present
Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. The performance of drug-sniffing dogs is significantly influenced by whether or not their handlers believe illicit substances are present, according to a study published in the January issue of the journal Animal Cognition. Investigators at the University of California at Davis assessed the accuracy of 18[Read More…]
Former Abramoff Business Partner Michael Scanlon Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Role in Public Corruption and Fraud Schemes
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011. Michael P.S. Scanlon, 40, a business partner of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 20 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging public corruption and fraud conspiracy, announced the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the FBI.[Read More…]
State’s Attorney Alvarez Announces First Human Trafficking Conviction Under New Initiative
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011. Twin brothers charged last year with operating a sex trafficking ring that forced young women to perform sex acts for money in the south suburbs, both pled guilty and were sentenced to prison announced the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Tyrelle and Myrelle Lockett,[Read More…]
District Man Pleads Guilty to Charges in Failed Scheme to Deceive a Federal Judge
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– David Copeland-Jackson, 37, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to federal charges stemming from a plot to deceive a federal judge into awarding him a $3 million default judgment in a civil lawsuit, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge[Read More…]
Twenty-Sixth Defendant Found Guilty in St. Croix Tribal Drug Investigation
Madison, WI–(ENEWSPF)– John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric E. Garvey, 40, Webster, Wisconsin, was found guilty today by a jury following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court in Madison. The jury found Garvey guilty on all four charges of distributing[Read More…]
Raleigh-Area Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges
Raleigh, NC–(ENEWSPF)– Daniel Patrick Boyd, a/k/a “Saifullah,” 40, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Bern, North Carolina, to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim, and injure persons in a foreign country. The guilty plea by Boyd, a U.S. citizen and resident[Read More…]
Forty-One Gang Members and Associates in Five Districts Charged
Alleged Crimes Include Racketeering, Murder, Drug Trafficking, and Firearms Trafficking Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Forty-one alleged members of various street gangs have been charged in indictments or criminal complaints unsealed today in five judicial districts, the Department of Justice announced today. The federal indictments and complaints unsealed today charge members and associates[Read More…]
