Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to the Central African Republic (CAR). The Government of Chad closed its border with CAR May 12, 2014. Only citizens of Chad returning home will be able to cross the Chad-CAR border. U.S. citizens who have[Read More…]
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Justice Department Announces $20 Million in Funding to Support Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Mary 1, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced a $20 million Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Partnership Program to respond to the immediate needs of local and tribal law enforcement organizations. The investment includes $17 million in competitive grants for the purchase of body-worn cameras, $2 million for training and[Read More…]
Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that John Louis Blalack, 21, of Brandon, Mississippi, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Mississippi in Jackson for his role in a federal hate crime conspiracy involving racially motivated assaults, culminating in the death of[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 30, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 – 1:22 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. Let me do one quick thing at the top, Jim, and then we’ll go to your questions. As you may have seen in the statement from the President, earlier today he had[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, IL Poison Center Issue Alert to Dangerous Form of Synthetic Drugs
Attorney General, Illinois Poison Center Warn Illinoisans to Spike in ER visits & Death Due to Synthetic Drugs Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Poison Center issued an alert today to reports of new, deadly forms of synthetic drugs turning up across the country leading[Read More…]
Leader of an Illegal International Gambling Enterprise Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted a Texas man today of running an illegal international gambling enterprise and conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma.[Read More…]
Kolon Industries Inc. Pleads Guilty for Conspiring to Steal DuPont Trade Secrets Involving Kevlar Technology
Kolon Sentenced To Pay $360 Million in Restitution And Fines Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean industrial company, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiracy to steal trade secrets involving E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.’s (DuPont) Kevlar technology. The company[Read More…]
Huntsville, Alabama, Police Officer Charges with Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Justice Department announced that Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department Officer Brett Russell, 48, has been charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly assaulting and injuring G.H., a detainee, on Dec. 23, 2011. Russell also has been charged with obstruction of justice for[Read More…]
Thirteen Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers and Two Others Indicted for their Alleged Participation in a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Thirteen current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals have been indicted and arrested for allegedly protecting narcotics shipments and cash proceeds during transit along the east coast for what they believed was a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was actually an undercover operation[Read More…]
Military Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Offering Bribes to a US Army Official
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. An independent contractor for a trucking company in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations was sentenced to four years in prison today for offering a U.S. Army serviceman $54,000 in bribes to falsify documents confirming the receipt of fuel shipments that[Read More…]
