Prosecution Team Provides Response to Guilty Verdict on All Counts Peoria–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Logan County State’s Attorney Jonathan Wright today commended a Peoria County jury for finding Christopher Harris guilty of the September 2009 murders of Raymond “Rick” Gee, Ruth Gee, Justina Constant, Dillen Constant[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013.  A Logan County Judge ordered convicted tax protester Gaylon Harrell to file his back tax returns and pay any taxes, penalties and fines owed to the Illinois Department of Revenue and the court system of Logan County.  This action came after Harrell failed to comply with the[Read More…]

New Poll Shows Strong Majority of New Yorkers Support Reform; Assemblymembers,  Advocates, and Community Members Call On Senate to Act In Last Decade, Police Spent 1 Million Hours Arresting Nearly 500,000 People for Possessing Small Amounts of Marijuana, Costing Taxpayers $600 Million ALBANY–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013.  Today, the New York State[Read More…]

Publishers Conspired to Overcharge Consumers for e-Books Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday joined 32 other attorneys general in proposed antitrust settlements with Penguin and Macmillan, the remaining two publishers accused of conspiring to raise prices for e-books beginning in 2010. Penguin Group agreed to pay approximately $3.1[Read More…]

Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  A Springfield man has been charged with multiple counts of child pornography as part of Operation Glass House, a statewide initiative Attorney General Lisa Madigan launched to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Jeremy G. Best, 31, is charged with five[Read More…]

Official Stole Over $400,000 in Low-Income Housing Vouchers Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the former head of the Maywood Housing Authority (MHA) pled guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to six years in prison for stealing more than $400,000 in public funds intended to help low-income residents[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against a Chicago area “storm chaser” home repair firm for failing to complete contracted projects and for failing to pay its supplier, resulting in thousands of dollars of liens put on customers’ homes. Madigan filed the lawsuit earlier today[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan said a Piatt County man, who works as a federal bank examiner, was arraigned today on charges of theft from a local service organization for which he served as its long-time treasurer. A Kankakee County grand jury last month returned a three-count indictment[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed a lawsuit against the former chief financial officer of the Marcy-Newberry Association (MNA) social services charity, alleging more than $205,000 was misappropriated from the charity’s accounts. Madigan filed the complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against Donald Chew, of Sauk Village,[Read More…]