Bonita Springs, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2012. Thank you, Sam [Cabral], for inviting me to speak to your convention. I’m honored to be here. You’re a strong and important leader, Sam. I salute your vision and integrity. I’m honored to be here with you all. I don’t know that there are many[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.   New Mexico-based Akal Security, Inc., one of the largest providers of security services at federal courthouses, agreed to pay $1,875,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to appropriately conduct firearms testing in the Northern District of California, the Justice Department announced today.   The Northern[Read More…]

University Will Formally Apologize and Implement Reforms CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  Yesterday attorneys for 21 UC Davis students and recent alumni announced the details of their settlement of the federal class-action lawsuit against UC Davis over the shocking incident in which campus police repeatedly doused seated, non-violent student demonstrators with military[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An arrest has been made in the July 28 armed robbery of M&S Swag, a former clothing store in Park Forest’s DownTown. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved two counts of armed robbery against Rayshawn Hunt, 20, of the 100 block of Indianwood in Park Forest[Read More…]

Related to $250 Million Contract for 911 Emergency Response System in Iraq WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  An Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary, Lucent Technologies World Services Inc. (LTWSI), has agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it submitted misleading testing certifications to the Army in connection[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  A jury in Cleveland yesterday convicted 16 people, all residents of Ohio, of federal hate crimes arising out of a series of religiously-motivated assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion, the Justice Department announced. The convictions stem from a series of separate hate-crime assaults that occurred[Read More…]

 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  A Detroit-area doctor was charged and arrested yesterday in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged leading role in a $40 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physician home visits and home health services, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),[Read More…]

Company Also Sentenced to Adopt Antitrust Compliance Program; Former Top Executives Each Sentenced to Serve Three Years in Prison and to Pay Criminal Fine  WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.   AU Optronics Corporation, a Taiwan-based liquid crystal display (LCD) producer, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to[Read More…]

Four Additional Defendants Were Previously Charged for Their Roles in the Scheme WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.  Five individuals were charged in court documents unsealed today in the Eastern District of Michigan for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving purported home health and psychotherapy services, announced the Department of Justice,[Read More…]

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…]