ROCKFORD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Erie, Ill. man pleaded guilty December 19 in federal court to bank robbery. The defendant, Todd G. Jensen, 43, of Erie, Ill., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to the robbery of Community State Bank, 1801 First Avenue, Rock Falls, Illinois, on Aug. 29,[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A metro-east resident was sentenced December 21 in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and evade the payment of federal income taxes, for making false statements on a mortgage loan application, and for making false[Read More…]

CHICAGO-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced last Friday to 12 years in federal prison for transporting, receiving, and possessing child pornography, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. The defendant, Winton Nail, is in federal custody and must serve at least 85 percent of[Read More…]

ROCKFORD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced December 15 by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 70 months in federal prison for the robbery of Associated Bank, 3333 N. Rockton Ave., in Rockford, on May 10, 2011. Gregory E. Lockett, 39, of Chicago, was also sentenced to serve three[Read More…]

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…]

Sydney, Australia–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Some 80 percent of drug dog ‘alerts’ in New South Wales in 2011 yielded no illicit substances, according to state government statistics published this week by the Sydney Morning Herald. According to the paper, in the first nine months of 2011, “14,102 searches were conducted after[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)-Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Keenan R. Hauke, age 40, of Fishers, has been charged with securities fraud in connection with his role as owner and CEO of Samex Capital, a Fishers-based company. The information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Hauke defrauded more[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)-The director and a member of the board of directors of the Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Company, a non-profit corporation based on Chicago’s North Side, were charged late yesterday with fraudulently obtaining at least $1 million in federal education grant funds and misapplying at least $400,000 of that[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Erik S. Epperson, 22, Veedersburg, Indiana, was sentenced to 78 months in prison by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following his guilty plea to traveling to meet a minor for sex. This case was the result of an investigation[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Kim L. McAfee, 48, of East St. Louis, IL, a former Washington Park detective and the owner and operator of private security company, KLM Loss Prevention, Inc., was sentenced today in the United States District Court to 26 months’ imprisonment, two years’ supervised release, assessments totaling $3,800.00, and[Read More…]