Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A St. Louis man will serve 27 years in federal prison for robbing two convenience stores and shooting a customer in 2010. Derek Marshall, 24, was sentenced on August 31, 2017, in the U.S. District Court to 27 years in prison for his role in the June 17,[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Champaign man, (Illinois) Jaime Breckenridge, 33, of the 2200 Block of S. First Street, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Urbana on Sept. 13, 2017, for arraignment on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The grand jury returned the indictment on Sept. 5,[Read More…]

Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Larry Norton, age 66, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced to life imprisonment before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5[Read More…]

Bureau Orders Zero Parallel and Its Owner to Pay $350,000 and Stop Their Abusive Practices Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 6, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against an online lead aggregator for steering consumers toward lenders who offered illegal or unlicensed loans that were void in the[Read More…]

Urbana, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Roy Collins, former executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District, entered pleas of guilty September 5 to defrauding the park district and a related not-for-profit organization for his personal benefit. Collins appeared before U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce, who scheduled sentencing on Jan. 19, 2018. Collins[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man is facing federal firearms charges for allegedly dealing ammunition and gun accessories on the city’s South Side, according to the Department of Justice. BRENT TURPIN illegally supplied an extended handgun magazine, a laser sight and two boxes of ammunition to a convicted felon who, unbeknownst[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury Monday convicted a Chicago police officer of federal civil rights violations for using unreasonable force against two individuals while on duty. MARCO PROANO was convicted on both counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. Proano used unreasonable force with his service weapon while[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- After eight years on the run, a Chicago man who is one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Luis Macedo, is now in custody, announced Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Anderson of the FBI Chicago Field Office. Mr. Anderson is joined by the Chicago Police Department[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford man was indicted August 22 by a federal grand jury on a charge of armed bank robbery. DEMONTRION D. PHILLIPS, 23, was charged with robbing Alpine Bank, located at 2642 Charles St., in Rockford, on July 17, 2017. The indictment alleges that Phillips used a BB[Read More…]