Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– A federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York has returned a 10-count indictment charging Faisal Shahzad for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square on the evening of May 1, 2010, the Justice Department announced today. Shahzad, 30, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former UGA Football Star and NFL Player Arthur Marshall Sentenced to 69 Months in Prison for Mortgage Fraud
Augusta, GA–(ENEWSPF)– ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL, JR., 41, from Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge J. Randal Hall to 69 months in prison and five years of supervised release for his mortgage fraud convictions. MARSHALL was also ordered to pay more than $3.6 million restitution to[Read More…]
Former Massachusetts Pastor Charged with Child Pornography Offenses
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)– A former Brookline man who served at the First Spiritual Temple as a minister, teacher, counselor, and “medium” was indicted today in federal court on child pornography charges. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Boston[Read More…]
Springfield, Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Church Arson
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Justice Department today announced that Benjamin Haskell, 23, of Springfield, Mass., pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with two crimes related to the burning of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African-American church, in Springfield on the morning after President Barack Obama[Read More…]
Mortgage Lending Exec Indicted in $1.9 Billion Scheme That Led to Failure of Bank
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Lee Bentley Farkas, the former chairman of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), was arrested last night in Ocala, Fla., and charged in a 16-count indictment in connection with his alleged role in a more than $1.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the[Read More…]
Eight Suspected Gang Members Charged in Cabrini-Green Drug Sweep
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Eight known or suspected members of the Gangster Disciples street gang were arrested early yesterday, culminating a nearly three-year investigation into drug trafficking in and around the Cabrini-Green housing project on Chicago’s near north side, announced Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal[Read More…]
Crystal Lake Woman Indicted in Federal Court In Connection With Robbery of Chase Bank in Cary, Illinois
Rockford, IL–(ENEWSPF)– PATRICK J. FITZGERALD, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; ROBERT D. GRANT, Special Agent-In-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; RONALD K. LUKASIK, Chief of the Fox River Grove Police Department; and EDWARD FETZER, Chief of the Cary Police Department, today[Read More…]
Crystal Lake Man Charged with Attempted Bank Robbery
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A criminal complaint was filed late last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago charging a Crystal Lake man with the attempted robbery of the Wauconda Community Bank, located at 495 West Liberty Street, on February 9. The alleged perpetrator, identified as ROBERT M. McINTYRE, age 57, of[Read More…]
Phoenix Man Indicted After Allegedly Making Threatening Phone Calls to Congressman Grijalva
Tucson, AZ–(ENEWSPF)– A federal grand jury in Tucson returned a one count indictment against Justin M. Hayes, 31, of Phoenix, for a violation of threatening to assault, kidnap, and murder officials or employees of the United States. “This office takes threats against any individual, including public officials, with the utmost[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $900,000 from Best Buy
Minnesotta–(ENEWSPF)– A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in federal court in St. Paul to scheming more than $900,000 from Richfield-based Best Buy Co. Appearing before United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank, Joseph Anthony Graziola, III, of Glenmills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud. In[Read More…]
