Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- FBI agents and officers from the Cicero Police Department arrested a 43-year-old Cicero man yesterday in connection with the July 27, 2012 robbery of the TCF Bank branch located at 2164 Bloomingdale Road in Glendale Heights, Illinois. Glenn A. Rodgers was taken into custody without incident at his[Read More…]
Law and Order
Park Forest Police Issue Community Alert Regarding Burglaries/Thefts from Vacant Properties
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Park Forest Police Department issued a Community Alert Wednesday regarding the number of burglaries and/or thefts from vacant properties. The warning certainly is not only for residents of Park Forest, given the elevated number of vacant properties in[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for August 16, 2012
Commander Chris Mannino took this photo of another officer in Washington, D.C. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) 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[Read More…]
Kankakee-Area Father and Son Charged with $1.7 Million Bank Fraud
SPRINGFIELD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A grand jury August 8, 2012, returned an indictment charging Bourbonnais, Illinois businessman Gregory Yates, 53, and his son, Terrance Yates, 31, with defrauding a federal business loan program offered through a western Illinois bank of approximately $1.7 million. Gregory and Terrance Yates are both charged with one[Read More…]
Indianapolis Man Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for String of Marion County Robberies
INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)-Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced August 10 that Carl James Matthews, age 28, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 264 months (22 years) in prison this morning by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt. This follows the defendant’s plea of guilty to four counts of interfering with[Read More…]
Two Charged In Shooting Death of Darren B. Easterling
Michael Reed, left, age 21, and Jamaal Carter, age 24, were charged in connection with the shooting death of Darren B. Easterling, age 25. (PHOTO: PFPD) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest has learned two men were charged in connection with the July 22, 2012 shooting in the village’s East[Read More…]
Indiana Online Identity Thief Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Counterfeit Credit Card Conspiracy Involving More Than $3 Million in Losses
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. A Munster, Ind., man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to serve 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that involved operation of an online identity theft business that sold counterfeit credit cards encoded with stolen account information, announced Assistant[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Law to Stiffen Penalties for Sale of Heroin, Flavored Wrapping Paper
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. As part of his commitment to improve public health, Governor Pat Quinn today signed a new law to stiffen penalties for the sale of heroin and flavored wrapping paper. The new law lowers the threshold for mandatory imprisonment for the sale of heroin from five grams to[Read More…]
Missouri: Municipal Measure To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession Offenses Qualifies For November Ballot
Springfield, MO–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. A citywide proposal that seeks to significantly reduce the penalties associated with the possession of marijuana will appear on the November electoral ballot. The Springfield City Clerk’s office on Friday affirmed that proponents of the municipal measure – Show-Me Cannabis Regulation and Springfield NORML – had[Read More…]
Court Sets $75,000 Bond and Electronic Monitoring at Local Church for NATO Protester
Local minister agrees to provide housing for Occupy Walk USA participant Danny Johnson, recharged with felonies after case was thrown out by judge in May. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012 – A Cook County Circuit Court judge agreed to release Occupy Walk USA participant and NATO protester Danny Johnson on $75,000 bond[Read More…]
