Law and Order

California: Justice Department Files Civil Asset Forfeiture Actions Against State’s Largest Cannabis Dispensary

 Oakland, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  Federal prosecutors have targeted Harborside Health Center (HHC) in Oakland, as well as its sister facility in San Jose, for closure and civil asset forfeiture. In court papers filed last week by the US Attorney for the northern district of California, Melinda Haag, the federal government[Read More…]

Three Shot, One Fatally, In Park Forest (Video/Story)

More photographs from the scene here. Lisa from Calumet City gazes down Herndon Street at the scene of the shooting. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Update: Two Charged In Shooting Death of Darren B. Easterling Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police confirm three were shot, one fatally, Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Herndon[Read More…]

FBI: Two Cook County Board of Review Analysts Charged with Accepting $1,500 Bribe to Facilitate $14,000 Property Tax Reduction

Chicago, IL.-(ENEWSPF)- Two analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were arrested July 18, 2012, on federal bribery charges for allegedly accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $14,000 the property tax assessments on three residential properties identified by a confidential source who was cooperating with federal agents.[Read More…]

FBI: Former East St. Louis Police Officer Indicted

Springfield, IL.-(ENEWSPF)- A former East St. Louis Police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 17, 2012, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Ramon T. Carpenter, 40, was indicted for allegedly making false statements to federal law enforcement officers[Read More…]

FBI: Alton Man Pleads Guilty in Check Kiting Scheme

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced June 17, 2012, that Jody D. Markel, age 45, of Alton, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East St. Louis, Illinois, on[Read More…]

FBI: Seven Defendants Charged with Bribery Conspiracy to Obtain Fictitious Federal Grants as Part of FBI Undercover Investigation

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Federal corruption charges were unsealed today against seven defendants who were arrested and charged with bribery conspiracy for allegedly paying kickbacks to a purported federal agency official, who did not actually exist, in return for awarding purported $25,000 cash grants from the agency. The charges stem from an[Read More…]

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