CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2013. Jay Rowell, Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), issued the following statement today after acting U.S. Attorney Gary S. Shapiro’s office announced criminal charges alleging unemployment insurance fraud. The IDES identified the suspects, brought the case to federal prosecutors and provided detailed analysis critical[Read More…]
Law and Order
Ohio Woman Sues Over Unlawful Arrest Resulting From Racial Profiling
Mother of Two Was Handcuffed, Detained And Strip-Searched After A Flight Because Of Her Ethnicity DETROIT–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2013. An Ohio mother of two who was unlawfully arrested, detained and strip-searched because of her ethnicity filed a lawsuit today against Frontier Airlines, Detroit Metro Airport officials and federal authorities. Shoshana Hebshi,[Read More…]
Missouri Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Lavon C. Lashley, 36, from St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on January 15, 2013, in District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R.[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports/Blotter for January 20, 2013
Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) 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[Read More…]
Police: Juvenile’s Cell Phone Stolen At Gunpoint
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police are investigating the armed robbery of a juvenile who reportedly had his HTC Wildfire cell phone stolen at gunpoint last Sunday evening near Forest Trail Middle School. Police were dispatched to the 200 block of Wilson Street on January 12 at 7:46 PM to[Read More…]
Indictments Returned in Hammond Federal Court
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following indictments were returned on January 16, 2013: Brealon B. Miller, Jr., 24, and David L. Hardin, Jr., 22, both of Gary, Indiana, were charged in an indictment with the robbery of BMO Bank in Hammond, Indiana, and use of[Read More…]
North Suburban Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for $4 Million Fraud of 50 Investors in Sleep Disorder Businesses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A north suburban man with a history of multiple bankruptcies, financial schemes, and civil lawsuits that twice resulted in contempt findings was sentenced January 17 to 10 years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million from 51 investors in a now-defunct sleep disorder businesses that[Read More…]
Former Chicago Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for $8 Million Investment Fraud and $1.5 Million Tax Fraud
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Chicago man was taken into custody after he was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for an investment and tax fraud scheme in which he swindled 57 investors, some of whom he had purported to befriend, of just under $8 million and failed to[Read More…]
Joliet Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire in 2007 to Home of Neighboring African-American Family
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Joliet man is facing an agreed maximum 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty today to a federal civil rights crime for setting fire to the home of an African-American family on his street in 2007. The defendant, Brian James Moudry, admitted that at approximately 4 a.m. on[Read More…]
Former Minister Pleads Guilty in North Carolina to Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in Haiti
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 18, 2013. A former minister pleaded guilty today in North Carolina to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in Haiti, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Anne M. Tompkins and Brock D. Nicholson, Special[Read More…]