Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Four men were arrested on Wednesday, April 20, and charged with felony dog fighting when police were dispatched to the 200 block of Arrowhead Street to conduct a premise exam. One dog was rescued. The other, a small black stray, ran away frightened and badly wounded before[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011. The manufacturer of Rascal Scooters, used by disabled and senior consumers with limited mobility, will pay $100,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally called millions of consumers who had chosen to avoid unwanted telemarketing calls by listing their phone numbers on the national[Read More…]

LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011.  In its largest human trafficking case in agriculture to date, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday announced that it filed lawsuits in Hawaii and Washington against Global Horizons Inc., a Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, and eight farms.  The EEOC contends that Global Horizons[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011.  A Blue Island man was charged today with the murders of three young women over the course of one year’s time between 2009 and 2010 and police and prosecutors believe the man may be a serial offender and are seeking the public’s help in providing information on[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011.  An additional alleged member of the Almighty Latin Kings and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) has been indicted for his alleged role in a racketeering conspiracy in Hammond, Ind., and elsewhere, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011.  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled in an American Civil Liberties Union case that the mere smell of marijuana no longer justifies a search or seizure, because the possession of a small quantity of marijuana is no longer criminal in Massachusetts. Massachusetts voters in November 2008[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011.  A South Suburban building inspector has been charged for accepting cash bribes to influence the outcome of building code violations at two Riverdale apartment buildings, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Roy McKinney, 57, a resident of Riverdale, is accused of accepting[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2011.  The former office manager of a Chicago law firm was sentenced to 8 years in prison yesterday after she plead guilty to stealing more than $850,000 from the firm, using a large portion of the money to dine daily at a downtown lunch club, according to the[Read More…]

Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan praised House members for their unanimous passage yesterday of House Bill 1908, which prohibits offenders who re-enter society after a methamphetamine-related conviction from purchasing or possessing any product containing pseudoephedrine. “This legislation is another tool to help law enforcement protect our communities from[Read More…]