Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An officer patrolling on Sauk Trail on March 23 observed a van stopped near Orchard Drive facing eastbound in the right lane. The vehicle appeared to be having mechanical difficulties, so the officer pulled behind the van and activated his emergency lights. The vehicle then sped off,[Read More…]

Quick Sam Tax Refund of Gary, Ind., Allegedly Falsifies Tax Returns Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2012.  The United States has asked a federal court to bar a tax preparation firm and its owner, John Newlin, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.   According to the government[Read More…]

Executive Also Agrees to Serve Significant Prison Time WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2012.  An executive of Japan-based DENSO Corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and to serve time in prison for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for heater control panels (HCPs) installed in U.S. cars, the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2012.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Mexican Attorney General Marisela Morales Ibáñez today signed a letter of intent for the United States to share approximately $6 million in forfeited funds with the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico (PGR) to support Mexican efforts[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2012.  Brent E. Wells, a former police sergeant with the East Alton, Ill., Police Department, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, Ill., to violating the civil rights of a civilian by assaulting the man during an arrest in front of Wells’s home on[Read More…]

Chicago-Area Firm Allegedly Improperly Billed Medicare for Ambulatory Cardiac Telemetry Services WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2012.  LifeWatch Services Inc., a Rosemont, Ill.-based company, has agreed to pay the United States $18.5 million to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today.   The[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Gun shots startled neighbors awake in the 200 block of Marquette Street and other nearby homes on the morning on March 18. Police say it was after a night of drinking that two men decided to fire a gun into the air. The two were charged with[Read More…]

Brandon Carr, age 41. (Photo: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Police issued a press release Thursday regarding the arrest of the suspect in the February 28, 2012, bank robbery at US Bank in Park Forest. The release says that Park Forest police, working in cooperation with the Federal[Read More…]

Do Not Pay Someone to File a Benefit Claim CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012.  A federal appeals court has upheld the 96-month prison sentence imposed upon a Chicago woman who defrauded the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) of more than $700,000.   Jay Rowell, the Director of IDES, said the ruling[Read More…]