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 local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Law and Order
Spanish Investor Charged with Impeding Federal Investigation into $4.6 Million Insider Trading Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2016. A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Spanish investor for allegedly covering up an international insider trading scheme that netted more than $4.6 million. LUIS MARTIN-CARO SANCHEZ bought options of Canadian fertilizer producer Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., a few days before the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Ex-detective and Accomplices Indicted in Alleged Drug Conspiracy
Chicago — (ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against a former Rock Falls police detective for theft from the police department and drug dealing. Madigan also announced charges against three additional defendants for their participation in an alleged drug conspiracy in Lee and Whiteside counties. All four[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Department of Justice Action Requires BankcorpSouth to Pay $10.6 Million to Address Discriminatory Mortgage Lending Practices
BancorpSouth Illegally Denied African-American Consumers Fair and Equal Access to Mortgages WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2016. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a joint action against BancorpSouth Bank for discriminatory mortgage lending practices that harmed African Americans and other minorities. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Former DHS Worker Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Prison
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that a former Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker pled guilty today and was sentenced to four years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars in state assistance for needy families. Amy Mueller, 40, of Highland, Ill., pled guilty[Read More…]
Leader of Human Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Exploiting Guatemalan Migrants at Ohio Egg Farms
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. The leader of a human trafficking organization and a co-defendant were sentenced to prison today for their roles in luring Guatemalan minors and adults to the United States under false pretenses and then using threats of physical harm to compel them to work on egg farms in[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports June 25, 2016
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 local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Fayette County Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that a Fayette County man was charged with possessing and disseminating child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Manuel D. Prater, 61,[Read More…]
Elgin Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. An Elgin resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to federal fraud charges. STEPHEN T. ANGERMAN, 48, pleaded guilty to bank fraud, money laundering, and testifying falsely in a bankruptcy case. According to the written plea agreement, from December 2009 through[Read More…]
South Suburban Man Sentenced In Double Murder
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Calumet City man has been sentenced to two consecutive natural life sentences for the murder of two men who were shot to death outside a bar in the south suburb, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Jeremy Rodriguez, 29, was previously convicted by[Read More…]
