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…]

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…]

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…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Thomas E. Barron, 49, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, was sentenced to 114 months in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for transporting and possessing child pornography. This follows an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Indiana State Police,[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A St. Louis, Missouri man was sentenced on September 23, 2011, for possession of child pornography (count one) and transportation of child pornography (count two), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Because Daniel Lee Scalf, 32, was sentenced in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 23, 2011.  Four alleged members and associates of the New England La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including an alleged Rhode Island leader, have been arrested and charged in a second superseding indictment returned yesterday in federal court in Providence, R.I., with crimes involving racketeering and extortion.  The charges and arrests[Read More…]

Report affirms claims of patient advocates and officials from cities that regulate distribution Oakland, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2011.  The RAND Corporation issued a report this week dispelling the myth that there are inherent links between medial marijuana distribution centers and crime. The study on which the RAND report is based claims[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual depicted on the below wanted flyer, dubbed the “Schiller Park Bank Robber,” who is responsible for the attempted robbery of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A southwest suburban woman who was authorized by the Illinois Department of Public Health to teach food service sanitation classes and administer state certification exams was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for accepting at least $79,650 in return for fraudulently arranging to provide bogus certificates for at[Read More…]