CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. The leader of a Chicago drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and laundering the proceeds by purchasing luxury cars and leasing high-rent properties. JONATHAN TANKSON admitted in a plea agreement that he coordinated bulk[Read More…]
Law and Order
Des Plaines Resident Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Manufacture Marijuana in Rockford Warehouse
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. A Des Plaines man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. JEREMIAH N. CLEMENT, 38, of Des Plaines, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, to be[Read More…]
Former Winnebago County Purchasing Director Sally Claassen Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges of Stealing over $400,000
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2016. The former Winnebago County Purchasing Director pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds. SALLY A. CLAASSEN, 57, of Roscoe, Ill., was an employee of Winnebago County from March 3, 1997, until she[Read More…]
Federal Officials Decline Prosecution in the Death of Jamar Clark
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. The Justice Department announced yesterday that the independent federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark on Nov. 15, 2015, in North Minneapolis, Minnesota, found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal civil rights charges against Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. [Read More…]
Virginia Man Indicted for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, 26, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was indicted by a grand jury late yesterday on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization; aiding and abetting the provision of material support[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports May 27, 2016
eNews Park Forest is very pleased to welcome veteran reporter Mike Drakulich. 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[Read More…]
Former Winnebago County Purchasing Director Sally Claaasen Charged With Theft From Winnebago County
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The former Winnebago County Purchasing Director was charged yesterday in federal court on two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds. SALLY A. CLAASSEN, 57, of Roscoe, Ill., was an employee of Winnebago County from March 3, 1997, until she resigned on Sept. 11,[Read More…]
Valparaiso Man Sentenced To 30 Years
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that Zachary Berkshire, 32, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Rudy Lozano for one count of enticement of a minor child and two counts of production of child pornography. Berkshire was sentenced to[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Former Wells Fargo Employee for Illegal Mortgage Fee-shifting
CFPB Finds That California Loan Officer Shifted Escrow Fees Away from Some Customers to Others WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken action against a former Wells Fargo employee for an illegal mortgage fee-shifting scheme. The CFPB found that David Eghbali referred a[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Indiana Man of Bringing Guns Across the Border into Illinois and Illegally Selling Them on the Streets of Chicago
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. An Indiana man has been convicted of unlawfully dealing firearms after purchasing guns from licensed dealers in Indiana and selling them to gang members on the West Side of Chicago. In the fall of 2013 WILLIE LEE BILES JR. made multiple trips on a Megabus[Read More…]
