Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A man who went on a one-month violent crime spree in southern Cook County and neighboring communities has been sentenced to natural life in prison for the shooting murder of a Kentucky man during a robbery in a south suburban hotel room last April, according to the[Read More…]
Law and Order
FBI: Roman Conaway Sentenced for Making Terroristic Threats
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Fairview Heights man was sentenced in U.S. District Court on September 23, 2011, for making a false threat to detonate an explosive device, and influencing a federal officer by threat, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Roman O.[Read More…]
FBI: Granite City Man Faces Federal Time After Pleading Guilty to Possession and Receipt of Child Pornography
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Granite City man pled guilty in federal district court in East St. Louis on September 23, 2011, to a two-count indictment charging him with possession of child pornography (count one) and receipt of child pornography (count two), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,[Read More…]
FBI: Idaho Falls Man Sentenced in $29 Million Loss Ponzi Scheme
POCATELLO-(ENEWSPF)- Daren Palmer, 42, formerly of Idaho Falls, was sentenced in federal court today to eight years in prison for his role in a Ponzi investment scheme in which investors lost over $29 million, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered Palmer to pay[Read More…]
Tinley Park Home Remodeler Charged With Misusing Client’s Credit Card
Tinley Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Southwest Suburban home remodeler and one of his employees have been charged with misusing a client’s credit card to pay thousands of dollars in outstanding bills owed by his company, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. William Stoecker, 53, the former[Read More…]
FBI: Rhode Island La Cosa Nostra Member Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Murder-for-Hire Case
PROVIDENCE, RI-(ENEWSPF)- Anthony St. Laurent Sr., 70, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for his role in an attempted murder-for-hire, announced U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge of the[Read More…]
FBI: Charges in Distributed Denial of Service Attack Against Santa Cruz County Website
SAN JOSE, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Christopher Doyon and Joshua John Covelli for conspiracy to cause intentional damage to a protected computer, and causing intentional damage to a protected computer and aiding and abetting, announced the United States Attorney’s office. The indictment alleges that Doyon,[Read More…]
FBI: Member of Hacking Group LulzSec Arrested In Connection With June 2011 Intrusion of Sony Pictures Computer Systems
LOS ANGELES-(ENEWSPF)- A member of the LulzSec hacking group was arrested for his role in an extensive computer attack against the computer systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment, announced André Birotte Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles; and Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles[Read More…]
FBI: Suburban Man Charged with Transporting Child Pornography
WASHINGTON-(ENEWSPF)- A La Grange Park man was arrested yesterday and charged with transporting child pornography via computer after federal agents searched his residence and found images of alleged child pornography. The defendant, Nathan Arger, 32, was charged in a criminal complaint, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern[Read More…]
Former Army Contracting Officials and Defense Contractor Indicted on Bribery and Theft of Government Funds Charges
WASHINGTON-(ENEWSPF)- A former member of the U.S. Army employed by a private security firm was arrested at Miami International Airport on charges of bribery, fraud and theft of government funds, in connection with the award of a contract to provide services to a U.S. government provincial reconstruction team in Farah,[Read More…]