Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) today released the following statement regarding the reported mistreatment of Haitian migrants at the U.S. Southern border: “I am outraged to see the photos and videos from our Southern border which appear to show border patrol agents using whips on migrants. This violence[Read More…]
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Former Crown Point Procurement Manager Sentenced for Embezzling from Company
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Marwan Kawar, 60, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon upon his plea of guilty to mail fraud announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay. Kawar was sentenced to 60 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and ordered[Read More…]
Chicago Teenager Sentenced to More Than 12 Years for Carjacking and Weapons Offenses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago teenager who carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint and discharged the firearm in the city’s Uptown neighborhood was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison. On the afternoon of July 28, 2020, MICHAEL C. PEARSON, 19, forcibly took a 2006 Buick Lucerne from two victims in the[Read More…]
Prairie State College Announces Finalists for Presidential Search
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Prairie State College Board of Trustees have announced two candidates as their finalists in the search for the college’s 17th president. Michael D. Anthony, Ph.D., will interview at Prairie State College on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Dr. Anthony currently serves as the Vice President, Student Affairs[Read More…]
Hobart Man Charged with Mail Fraud
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Sergio Gutierrez, age 49, of Hobart, Indiana, has been charged by way of an Indictment with mail fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay. According to documents in this case, it is alleged that Sergio Gutierrez devised a scheme that began around or about May 2015 and[Read More…]
Cynthia Gray of Park Forest Named to SNHU Dean’s List
Manchester, NH-(ENEWSPF)- Cynthia Gray of Park Forest has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s summer 2021 Dean’s List. Eligibility for the Dean’s List requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average (GPA) of 3.5-3.699 and earn 12 credits for the term. Full-time students who have earned a[Read More…]
Mattoon Sex Offender Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Children
Urbana, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Jeffrey M. West, 53, of the 1300 block of S. Third Street, in Mattoon, Illinois, was sentenced to 45 years (540 months) in federal prison for child sexual exploitation offenses. In April 2021, a federal jury convicted West of two counts of sexual exploitation of minors; two counts[Read More…]
Mia Nash of Park Forest Named to SNHU President’s List
Manchester, NH-(ENEWSPF)- Mia Nash of Park Forest has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s summer 2021 President’s List. Eligibility for the President’s List requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average (GPA) of 3.7-4.0 and earn 12 credits for the term. Full-time students who have earned a[Read More…]
Peoria Man Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison for Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Child As a Registered Sex Offender
Peoria, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James Wright, 50, of the 1500 block of South Easton Avenue, in Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on September 9, 2021, to 37 years (444 months) in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for attempted sex trafficking of a child as a registered sex[Read More…]
Members of a Drug Trafficking Ring Have Been Sentenced
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A drug trafficking ring consisting of at least 24 people have been sentenced in federal court. The organization operated in and around the historic Haughville neighborhood in Indianapolis from April 2018 to January 2019. A federal grand jury in Evansville indicted the members of this organization in January[Read More…]
