Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Ash Street resident told police he was beaten unconscious by four men while walking home from the East Gate neighborhood a week ago Sunday. Police say he had the bruises to prove it. Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Ash Street on August 21[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011.  Bond has been set at $300,000 for a Ford Heights man who shot a relative during an altercation, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday. Solomon Stewart IV, 17, of the 1400 block of East Lincoln Highway, has been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2011.  The last two defendants charged for their racketeering crimes as part of the Crips gang in Pittsburgh pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh,   announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011.  A long term undercover investigation into the forced sex-trafficking of children and young women by Chicago street gang members has resulted in charges against nine offenders in the nation’s first-ever state-based wiretap investigation targeting the crime of human trafficking, Cook County and Chicago law enforcement officials announced[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011.  Yesterday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) revoked the licenses of 11 health care workers who have been convicted of sex offenses or violent crimes against their patients.  These revocations are required by a new law signed by Governor Quinn last month.  HB 1271[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today obtained a judgment against a Chicago contractor accused of billing the state of Illinois for drug tests it never performed. The agreed order filed in Cook County Circuit Court requires Anita Mahajan and her Chicago company, K.K. Bio-Science, Inc., to pay more[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…]

Gurnee, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2011.  At 1:16 this afternoon, the Gurnee Police Department was alerted to an active shooter in the vicinity of the 7500 block of Grand Avenue.  Upon arriving at the scene, police located two victims with gunshot and stabbing wounds.  A suspect was apprehended on the scene and[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2011 —A two-hour documentary set to air Thursday night on the Oprah Winfrey Network details the unique approach the Cook County Sheriff’s Office uses when handling prostitution cases and the efforts made to help those women turn their lives around. “Prostitution: Leaving The Life” is set to air[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–A former Rochester, Ill., firefighter was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for child exploitation charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois James A. Lewis.   Justin D. Weaver, 27, was sentenced[Read More…]