Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A Will County couple has been sentenced to federal prison terms for engaging in a brazen investment fraud scheme that swindled more than $1 million from approximately 40 victims, causing some of them to lose their homes and financial security while the couple spent the money primarily on themselves.[Read More…]
Law and Order
FBI: Three Defendants Arrested for Allegedly Transporting Minor Girls from Iowa to Chicago to Engage in Prostitution
Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- Three defendants have been arrested in Iowa and Ohio on federal charges filed in Chicago for allegedly engaging in sex trafficking of three minor girls they transported earlier this year from Iowa City to Chicago for prostitution, federal law enforcement officials announced September 11, 2012. The defendants were each[Read More…]
Southwest Suburban Women Charged With Theft of School Funds
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Three women have been charged with stealing nearly $10,000 in cash from a southwest suburban public high school while they were registering one of their children for school, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Linda Nassar, 36, and Sally Quaraveh, 22, both of[Read More…]
FBI: Father and Son Operators of Elgin Adult Entertainment Club and Internet Gambling Business Sentenced to Prison Terms
Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- The father and son operators of an adult entertainment club in Elgin were sentenced today to serve federal prison terms for conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of federal taxes, as well as separately operating an illegal Internet gambling business, in connection with diverting more[Read More…]
FBI: Robbery of TCF Bank Branch in Homewood
Chicago-(ENEWSPF)- A bank robbery occurred earlier today at the TCF Bank branch located at 17705 South Halsted in Homewood, Illinois. The robber, described by witnesses as a black male, approximately 5’8” to 5’10” tall, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark baseball cap, approached a teller shortly after 9:00 a.m. and[Read More…]
FBI: Elgin Roofing Company President Captured After Allegedly Eluding Arrest for Nearly Two Weeks Following Indictment
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The president of an Elgin roofing company allegedly eluded authorities for nearly two weeks after he was indicted on federal fraud charges and is facing a detention hearing this week, federal law enforcement officials announced September 24. The defendant, Robert Durchslag, president of Singles Roofing Company Inc., allegedly[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for September 6, 2012
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: ENEWSPF) 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[Read More…]
FBI: Suburban Chicago Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Stealing Motorola Trade Secrets Before Boarding Plane to China
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former software engineer for Motorola Inc., now Motorola Solutions Inc., a telecommunications company based in suburban Schaumburg, was sentenced on August 29, 2012, to four years in federal prison for stealing Motorola trade secrets relating to its proprietary iDEN technology. The defendant, Hanjuan Jin, a naturalized U.S.[Read More…]
Two Park Forest Residents Charged With Criminal Damage To Property After Resident Calls Police
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- From the Park Forest Police via Facebook: A 19 year old Park Forest man and an 18 year old Park Forest woman were charged with misdemeanor Criminal Damage to Property [sic] after they wrote a name, a Twitter username, and placed hand and shoe impressions in freshly[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, US Department of Justice and Chicago Police Department Expand Successful Violence Reduction Initiative to Additional Districts
More than 50 Additional Federal Agents from FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS Join Concentrated Police Resources to Reduce Violence, Improve Quality of Life CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Justice today announced the expansion of the Chicago Police Department’s successful violence reduction initiative in which aggressive, coordinated[Read More…]
