Showing posts with label INDIANA. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

DOJ CHARGES MOBILE HOME PARK WITH REFUSING TO ALLOW FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN TO LIVE THERE

FROM:  U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Monday, May 18, 2015
Justice Department Charges Owner of Indiana Mobile Home Park with Discrimination Against Families with Children

The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the corporate owner and agent of the Gentle Manor Estates, a 173-lot mobile home park located in Crown Point, Indiana, for discriminating against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleges that Gentle Manor Estates, LLC and John Townsend, the corporate owner and agent, respectively, of the Gentle Manor Estates, violated the Fair Housing Act by maintaining and enforcing a discriminatory policy of refusing to allow families with children to live at the mobile home park.  The allegations are based on evidence generated by the department’s Fair Housing Testing Program, in which individuals pose as renters to gather information about possible discriminatory practices.

“For over 25 years, the Fair Housing Act has prohibited housing providers from discriminating against families with children,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.  “The Justice Department will continue its vigorous enforcement of the Fair Housing Act to ensure that families with children have equal access to housing opportunities.”

The lawsuit seeks an order prohibiting the defendants from engaging in future unlawful discrimination.  It also seeks the payment of a civil penalty and monetary damages for the individuals who were refused the opportunity to rent at Gentle Manor Estates because of familial status.

The complaint is an allegation of unlawful conduct.  The allegations must still be proven in federal court.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

SIX PERSONS CHARGED IN ALLEGED LARGEST COCAINE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK IN GREATER FORT WAYNE AREA

FROM:  U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Federal Grand Jury in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Returns Indictments in Large Scale Cocaine Distribution Network

The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Indiana announced two indictments charging six persons in what is alleged to be the largest cocaine distribution network in the greater Fort Wayne, Indiana, area.

These indictments are the result of an extensive law enforcement investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Fort Wayne Safe Streets Task Force.  In addition to the FBI, the Task Force consists of the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, the Fort Wayne Police Department and the Indiana State Police.

There were five people charged with conspiracy to deliver more than five kilograms of cocaine.

One individual was charged in a separate indictment with possession with intent to deliver over five kilograms.

All defendants are in custody and are being held without bond.  During the course of this extensive investigation, law enforcement executed 17 federal searches in Indiana, Ohio and

Texas.  In addition, the DeKalb County and Johnson County Prosecutor’s offices obtained two state search warrants.  All of these searches resulted in the seizure of more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, over $5.9 million in U.S. currency and numerous firearms and vehicles.

Great assistance was also provided by the McAllen, Texas, and Toledo, Ohio, offices of the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Marshals Service – Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, along with the Auburn Police Department, the Greenwood Police Department, the Kendallville Police Department, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, the Indiana Multi-Agency Group Enforcement (IMAGE) representing law enforcement in DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble and Steuben Counties and the Northeast Indiana SWAT.

This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony W. Geller of the Northern District of Indiana.

The U.S. Attorney's Office emphasized that an indictment is merely an allegation and that all persons charged are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.

If convicted in court, any specific sentence to be imposed will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the federal sentencing guidelines.

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