Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Lavon C. Lashley, 36, from St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on January 15, 2013, in District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R.[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Park Forest Police Reports/Blotter for January 20, 2013
Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police[Read More…]
Police: Juvenile’s Cell Phone Stolen At Gunpoint
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police are investigating the armed robbery of a juvenile who reportedly had his HTC Wildfire cell phone stolen at gunpoint last Sunday evening near Forest Trail Middle School. Police were dispatched to the 200 block of Wilson Street on January 12 at 7:46 PM to[Read More…]
Wilton Center Farm Group to Hold Organizational Meeting on January 23
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2013. The Wilton Center Farm Group will hold an organizational meeting on Wednesday, January 23 at 9 p.m. at the Hirsch Funeral Home 3501 W. Lincoln Highway, Matteson. Work has started at the farm but an organization structure has not been formalized. The purpose of this[Read More…]
American Signature Recalls Hayward Push Back Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
Sold Exclusively at Value City Furniture and American Signature Furniture Stores Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2013. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell[Read More…]
Weekly Address: Now Is The Time to Take Action Against Gun Violence (Video/Text)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2013. Hi, everybody. This week, I announced a series of concrete steps we should take to protect our children and our communities from gun violence. These proposals grew out of meetings Vice President Biden and his task force held over the last month with more than 200[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, January 19, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2013 – During a security operation in Sherzad district, Nangarhar province, today, an Afghan and coalition force killed a local Taliban leader, Qari Sayed Wali, and arrested a second Taliban leader. Qari Sayed Wali distributed and emplaced IEDs throughout Sherzad district and conducted the April 2012 attack on[Read More…]
Fire Sprinkler Valve Prop Donation Provides Leaning Opportunity for PSC Fire Academy Students
Photo, left to right: Tom Augustyn, Thomas Lia, Eric Radtke, Dean Townsend, Paul Rosenthal, Jerry Kennedy, Chad Vlietstra, Patty Zuccarello, Bill Brei, Marie Hansel, and Rich Atwood. (SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Students in the Prairie State College (PSC) fire science program now will have the opportunity to actually see how[Read More…]
Indictments Returned in Hammond Federal Court
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following indictments were returned on January 16, 2013: Brealon B. Miller, Jr., 24, and David L. Hardin, Jr., 22, both of Gary, Indiana, were charged in an indictment with the robbery of BMO Bank in Hammond, Indiana, and use of[Read More…]
North Suburban Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for $4 Million Fraud of 50 Investors in Sleep Disorder Businesses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A north suburban man with a history of multiple bankruptcies, financial schemes, and civil lawsuits that twice resulted in contempt findings was sentenced January 17 to 10 years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million from 51 investors in a now-defunct sleep disorder businesses that[Read More…]
