Springfield Fireworks Dealer Sentenced for Banned Explosives
Federal judge sentences Robert J. Carr, 52, of Mason City-based Midwest Fireworks and Display Inc., to 21 months in prison for selling banned fireworks across several states. U S authorities and safety agencies led the prosecution after a Consumer Product Safety Commission and ATF investigation into M-80s and other devices.
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Robert J. Carr
U.S. Attorney's Office
Central District of Illinois
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Carr
Midwest Fireworks and Display Inc
Mason City
Judge receives reprimand in two states and cases
A Bloomington man Daniel Hughes, 19, was sentenced to 14 years for aggravated bank robbery and related crimes tied to prior robberies to repay stolen funds. In Illinois, Judge Cynthia Raccaglia received a reprimand after a 1998 drunken driving incident, with no job loss, amid corroborating testimony from a deputy who stopped her in a ditch.
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Bloomington
Daniel Hughes
W. Charles Witte
Hughes
Pontiac National Bank
Chicago
LaSalle County
Illinois Courts Commission
Cynthia Raccaglia
Judicial Inquiry Board
Bureau County Sheriff's
Miami police officers charged in probe of fatal shootings
Federal prosecutors accuse 13 current and former Miami officers of planting guns and lying to cover up four shootings in which three people died. The indictment covers a 1996 SWAT raid with 123 bullets and claims officers planted weapons, falsified reports, and tampered with crime scenes. Eleven officers were arrested. two retired officers pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate.
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MIAMI
Miami Vice
FBI
U.S
Guy Lewis
Lewis
Raul Martinez
IRS to tighten security at lockbox banks after missing returns
The IRS outlined plans to upgrade security at ten lockbox banks processing tax returns and checks. Improvements include FBI fingerprint checks for temporary workers and full employee background investigations, with banks required to obtain security certification. The Mellon Bank Pittsburgh facility reported over 810 million in missing or destroyed returns and checks, but officials say no fraud was found. work has moved to Bank One in Valley Forge, PA.
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IRS
Pittsburgh
FBI
Mellon Bank
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
New York
New York City
Mellon
Bank One
Valley Forge
DNA test ties Hoffa hair to car of O'Brien on 1975 day
FBI DNA matched a strand from Jimmy Hoffa’s brush to hair found in the car borrowed by Charles O'Brien the day Hoffa vanished in 1975. O'Brien denies Hoffa was in the vehicle. Hoffa’s son James Hoffa calls the DNA case a potential breakthrough.
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Detroit
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Detroit News
FBI
Hoffa
Charles “Chuckie” O’brien
O'Brien
James P. Hoffa
Fugitives Captured Near Yellowstone Campground Standoff Ends
Two suspects sought for assaulting a Minnesota couple were arrested six miles from a crowded Yellowstone campground evacuated during a SWAT search. Police identify them as Patrick J. Engelbrecht 18 and Thomas J. O Flanagan 19 of Superior Wisconsin. They face charges from a string of burglaries including theft of multiple guns.
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Minnesota
Patrick J. Engelbrecht
Thomas J. O’flanagan
Superior
Wis
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