Law and Order

FBI Joins Search for Cary Woman

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today that the FBI was joining local authorities in the search for a Cary, Illinois woman charged with abducting her two children. SONIA DEL CARMEN LEON DE CAROL, age 43, is[Read More…]

Chicago FBI: Two Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot

Hammond, IN–(ENEWSPF)– The United States Attorney’s Office announced that two DuPage County, Illinois men were arrested last week after being charged by complaint in a murder-for-hire plot targeting an Assistant United States Attorney and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent assigned to Chicago. Frank Caira, 39, of Downers Grove, Illinois, and[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for January 25, 2010

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) 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…]

Seattle: City Will No Longer Prosecute Marijuana Possession Offenses

Seattle–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2010.  Newly elected city attorney Peter Holmes will no longer prosecute minor marijuana possession offenses, according to a report published in The Seattle Times. “[The city of Seattle] is no longer going to prosecute marijuana possession cases anymore,” said Holmes. The Times reports that Holmes has already begun[Read More…]

Attempted Armed Robbery At Currency Exchange

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest police were called to the Norwood Currency Exchange a week ago Sunday to investigate an attempted armed robbery when a man allegedly told an employee he had a bomb. Police were dispatched to the Norwood Currency Exchange, a 20 Norwood Square Boulevard, on Sunday, January[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for January 18, 2010

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) 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…]

Chicago FBI: Tahawwur Rana and David Headley Indicted for Alleged Roles in India and Denmark Terrorism Conspiracies

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment adding three defendants, including Tahawwur Rana, to charges filed last month against David Coleman Headley, alleging that they and others participated in conspiracies involving a planned terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper and the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai,[Read More…]

U.S. Files Suit Against Johnson & Johnson Alleging Paying Kickbacks to Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The United States has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of New Brunswick, N.J., and two of its subsidiaries, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., the Justice Department announced today. The complaint alleges that these companies[Read More…]

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