WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2011. Lockheed Martin Inc. has reached a $2 million settlement with the United States to resolve False Claims Act claims in a whistleblower suit, the Justice Department announced today. The suit, filed in June 2009, in the Southern District of Mississippi, alleges that the defendants knowingly violated the[Read More…]
Law and Order
Police: Man Robbed At Gunpoint In Apartment Complex Parking Lot
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A man told police he was robbed at gunpoint when he went to an apartment building in the 23400 block of Western Avenue to visit a friend. Police were dispatched to the 23400 block of South Western Avenue on January 16 at 6:21 p.m. According to police,[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for January 24, 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…]
Minnesota-Based St. Jude Medical Pays U.S. $16 Million to Settle Claims That Company Paid Kickbacks to Physicians
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– St. Jude Medical Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., has agreed to pay the United States $16 million to resolve allegations that the company used post-market studies and a registry to pay kickbacks to induce physicians to implant the company’s pacemakers and defibrillators, the Justice Department announced today. Post-market[Read More…]
John Wesley Jones Pleads Guilty to the Robbery of ATM Solutions
Saint Louis, MO-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that John Wesley Jones appeared in court this afternoon to enter guilty pleas to the armed robbery, related firearms charges, and his later escape from the Lincoln County jail. According to court documents, in the early morning of August 2,[Read More…]
Eight Men Charged with Federal Drug Violations
New Orleans, LA-(ENEWSPF)- JOHN E. BAGENT, age 36, IZEAL DUCRE, a/k/a Ike, age 39, ROBERT EDWARDS, age 46, ROBBIE RAY, a/k/a Pookie, age 35, COURTNEY RAY, age 32, NOAH GALLIEN, a/k/a Chris Russell, age 56, WILLIE MELVIN JONES, a/k/a Konkalu, age 50, and JOHN GREEN, age 25, were charged in[Read More…]
Chicago Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Fraud
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. A two-year investigation conducted by the Illinois Department of Revenue Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Attorney General Lisa Madigan resulted this week in a Chicago tax preparer pleading guilty to filing fraudulent tax returns. Katrina McAllister pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of Filing a Fraudulent[Read More…]
Mafia Takedown: Largest Coordinated Arrest in FBI History
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)– Early this morning FBI agents and partner law enforcement officers began arresting nearly 130 members of the Mafia in New York City and other East Coast cities charged in the largest nationally coordinated organized crime takedown in the Bureau’s history. Members of New York’s infamous Five Families—the Bonanno, Colombo,[Read More…]
‘Expediter’ Who Cooperated in Federal Corruption Probe of City Building Permits Sentenced to Three Years’ Probation
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Chicago woman who provided extraordinary cooperation in Operation Crooked Code, a federal public corruption investigation of the City of Chicago building permit process, avoided prison and was sentenced today to three years of probation. The defendant, Catherine Romasanta, testified in four federal trials about how she paid[Read More…]
Imprisoned Spy Sentenced for Spying Again for Russia, Money Laundering
Portland, OR-(ENEWSPF)- Harold James Nicholson, 59, was sentenced today to 96 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown following his guilty pleas to the crimes of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy to commit international money laundering. This eight year prison sentence[Read More…]
