The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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 reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: In 2003, Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act to stop sexual assaults in prisons, jails and halfway houses. But the crimes didn’t stop and may have even gotten worse. On Thursday, the Obama administration added teeth to the law by ordering federal, state and local[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2012.  The Park Forest Police Department needs your help in getting unwanted guns out of the hands of wrongdoers by reducing the number of firearms in circulation.  The Village of Park Forest will be participating in the South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police Gun Buy[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced today that Beth A. Moench, age 34, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 41 months (three years, five months) in prison by U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson following her guilty plea to aiding and abetting a bank robbery. This case[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2012. Every day, public safety officers work tirelessly to protect our citizens, enforce our laws, and keep our neighborhoods safe.  They report for duty knowing full well the dangers they face and the sacrifices they may be called upon to make.  This week, we pay tribute to[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: Please note that we suffered a fatal program error while at the PFPD last week. While using Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.5 to read police reports, and after spending 2.0+ hours doing so, Dragon suffered a fatal error, and[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2012.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a former Cook County man pled guilty today to perpetrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme and was ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution to victims across the country. Kevin Carney, 51, pled guilty earlier today before Judge George J. Bakalis[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago area real estate investor, the president of a Colorado real estate financing company, and a licensed appraiser were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently attempt to obtain mortgage loans totaling more than $750,000 by selling three residential properties in Chicago to nominee buyers,[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A criminal complaint was filed yesterday in U.S. District court against a Chicago woman in connection with the April 12, 2012 attempted robbery of the North Community Bank branch located at 5241 North Western Avenue in Chicago. Regina M. Gillon, 47, of the 2200 block of West Farragut[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2012.  Veronica Dale and Alchico Grant, who jointly ran a stolen identity refund fraud ring that attempted to defraud the United States of millions of dollars over several years, were sentenced to federal prison today, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Veronica Dale, of[Read More…]