Authorities Target ‘Booter’ or ‘Stresser’ Services that Facilitate Internet Attacks Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The Justice Department announced December 20 the seizure of 15 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against three defendants who facilitated the computer attack platforms. The sites, which offered what are often[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dehavalon Cook, age 46, of Belleville, Illinois, pleaded guilty January 29 to falsifying records in a federal bankruptcy proceeding. Cook previously filed a petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. In March of 2018, Cook doctored a fake[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced January 31 that Elijah Vines, 27, was convicted on January 28, 2019 following a trial by jury for charges involving the sex trafficking of a minor child, transportation of that child across state lines for the purpose of trafficking her, as well[Read More…]

Enticing Underage Girls to Produce Sexually Explicit Videos Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A west suburban musician pleaded guilty on Friday, February 1, to a federal child pornography charge and admitted enticing several underage girls, many as young as 14 years old, to produce sexually explicit videos of themselves. AUSTIN JONES, 26, of[Read More…]

South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Michael L. Binder, age 38, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced on January 3, 2019, before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.  Binder was sentenced to 63 months’ imprisonment followed by 1[Read More…]