Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A former mayor of Muncie, Indiana, who was indicted in November 2019, was convicted and sentenced to 1 year in prison for accepting $5,000 in cash in exchange for steering city construction work to a contractor. This conviction and sentence are part of a lengthy investigation by the[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Austin Williams, 28, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Williams was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by 2 years[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A Kokomo, Indiana woman was sentenced to 30 months in prison for animal crushing, which is a violation of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act under Title 18, United States Code, Section 48(a). That we must report on something as vile as “animal crushing” itself is horrible.[Read More…]

For Orchestrating $9 Million Fraud Schemes Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of an Illinois computer services company has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for orchestrating fraud schemes that bilked a global telecommunications provider and two financial companies out of a combined $9 million. DAVID[Read More…]

Charges Allege Nearly 40 Murders or Attempted Murders Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal indictment unsealed today charges 13 alleged leaders, members, and associates of the Wicked Town faction of the Traveling Vice Lords Chicago street gang with participating in a criminal organization that murdered rivals and violently protected a drug-dealing operation[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Terry Peck, 46, a former police officer with the Gary Police Department, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Hammond, Indiana, for allegedly using excessive force against an arrestee. The indictment charges Peck with a single count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Specifically, the[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Fifteen members and associates of the Sin City Deciples have been charged in a Superseding Indictment with a racketeering conspiracy as well as a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.  A sixteenth individual has been charged in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.    According to the Superseding Indictment,[Read More…]

Rock Island, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An East Moline, Illinois, man, Douglas Christensen, 56, of the 800 block of 15th Avenue, was sentenced on November 3, 2021, to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor. According to court documents, in November[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A man has been convicted of federal robbery and firearm charges in connection with a series of violent retail store robberies in Rockford. After a seven-day trial in U.S. District Court in Rockford, the jury on Tuesday convicted RICKEY CLAYBRON, 35, of Rockford, on one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, three[Read More…]