Recent Posts in Federal Offenses Category
Posted on May 12, 2012 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Thanks to the quick efforts of two police departments, a little boy with a serious heart problem was found in Chicago, Illinois. His own father kidnapped him, for reasons unknown, and absconded with ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
In order to tackle gang activity in Chicago, Illinois, area police have been working overtime conducting covert operations. Two street gangs were targeted last week, leading to the arrest of 45 people ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Admin
A Chicago physician who offered to trade prescription drugs on Craigslist was charged with handing out Xanax , Oxycontin drugs in exchange for sex , law enforcement said today. Pediatric neurologist ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2011 By Admin
USA v. SV The Defendant was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The Defendant was arrested by the DEA in a narcotics ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
Chicago police recently arrested nine men in connection with a large counterfeiting ring in suburbs throughout the Chicago area. For several months police have been investigating a ring of counterfeit ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
At Chicago O'Hare International Airport on March 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered and seized more than $125,000 in U.S. currency. CBP officers selected several passengers ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
More than 20,000 pounds of marijuana were seized in a raid on a Chicago warehouse in early December, making it the largest marijuana bust in the city's history. The drugs came from Mexico, shipped in ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
Oscar Jacobo Rivera-Peralta, Alfredo Molina-Garcia and Ricardo Valdez-Torres have all been extradited from Mexico on federal drug trafficking charges. The three men, ages 38, 45 and 56 respectively, ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Mayor Tim Davlin of Springfield was found dead and with a gunshot wound on Tuesday morning, the State Journal-Register reports. Police will not confirm the details of his death and the investigation ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
When many people think about drug addicts, they think about people who are struggling to keep up with everyday life, who are homeless, who commit other crimes in order to fulfill their addiction. What ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
54 year old Glenn Lewellen is a former narcotics officer who has recently been arrested for drug trafficking . When he worked for the police, he was known as an effective narcotics officer who had ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Naperville Police are searching for a bank robber. The FBI is involved because bank robbery is a federal felony . The suspect is described as a ...
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