Law and Order

Federal Court Shuts Down South Holland, IL Tax Return Preparer

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—August 12, 2011.  A federal court has permanently barred a woman and her suburban Chicago business from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.   In the civil injunction order, issued by Judge William J. Hibbler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,[Read More…]

Cook County Sheriff’s Boot Camp Graduates its 200th Class

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2011 —Fifteen years after the program started, the Cook County Sheriff’s Boot Camp graduated its 200th class Thursday, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff Dart presided over today’s ceremonies held in Chicago. The 37 participants have graduated from the four-month, in-camp phase of the program and[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for August 10, 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…]

Pittsburgh Crips Leader Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Charges

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2011. Robert Colbert, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania.  Robert Colbert,[Read More…]

Two Telecommunications Executives Convicted for Their Involvement in Scheme to Bribe Officials at State-Owned Telecommunications Company in Haiti

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2011.  Joel Esquenazi and Carlos Rodriguez, former executives of Terra Telecommunications Corp., have been convicted by a federal jury on all counts for their roles in a scheme to pay bribes to Haitian government officials at Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M (Haiti Teleco), a state-owned telecommunications company.   The jury reached[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for August 1, 2011

Officers Jim Kessler and Chris Mannino keep the peace at Main Street Nights. (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[Read More…]

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