Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury has convicted a former Chicago Police Department sergeant of participating in a robbery and extortion crew that targeted suspected drug dealers. The jury in U.S. District Court in Chicago on Monday convicted EDDIE C. HICKS, also known as “David Rose,” 70, on all eight counts[Read More…]

Indianapolis man had robbed over a dozen women Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced the sentencing of Kevin Ingram, 29, following his conviction in federal court for four armed robberies of Indianapolis area businesses.  U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Ingram to 496 months (40½ years)[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Suntez Pasley, 46, of Madison, Illinois, has been sentenced to 210 months in prison for robbing the Regions Bank on West Main Street in Belleville, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced yesterday. Pasley pleaded guilty to the robbery back in[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- LEILANI HILLIS, 60, of Rockford, the former director of operations of a Rockford non-profit organization, pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to one count of mail fraud and one count of tax fraud. According to a written plea agreement, since 2001 Hillis was an[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Six defendants have been charged as part of an ongoing federal investigation into corruption schemes allegedly carried out by city of Harvey officials or their associates. Among the defendants are two cousins with high-ranking relatives in Harvey government who allegedly extorted cash from a strip club owner, and[Read More…]

The Young Victim Was Allegedly Murdered by a Customer Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury today convicted a Chicago man on sex trafficking charges for arranging a commercial sex encounter for a 16-year-old girl that ended in the child’s murder in a south suburban garage. JOSEPH HAZLEY, 35, was convicted on[Read More…]

Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, returned a six-count superseding indictment against Bradley M. Cox, 28, of Kokomo, Indiana, in connection with alleged extorting sexual images from individuals, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.  According to documents in this case, Mr. Cox allegedly gained access to a[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A husband and wife from Crystal Lake have pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple bank robberies in Northern Illinois. DANIEL R. PLUSHKIS, 27, pleaded guilty February 22, 2019, to three counts of bank robbery, and he admitted as part of a plea agreement that he committed two[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford man pleaded guilty on February 22, 2019, in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to one count of attempted robbery and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. DARNELL LEAVY, 28, admitted in a written plea[Read More…]

Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Richard Seeger, Jr, 55 years old, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Senior Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Seeger received a sentence of 78 months in prison followed by 20 years of[Read More…]