Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced on March 5 that Joshua Robert Hoover, 32, of York, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in East St. Louis for persuading, inducing, and enticing a minor to produce child pornography. Hoover was[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2012.  A federal court has permanently barred Tracy L. Sunderlage, Linda Sunderlage and four companies from operating an alleged scheme to help high-income individuals attempt to avoid income taxes by funneling money through purported employee benefit plans, the Justice Department announced today.   Judge John W. Darrah of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined on March 5 with the Federal Trade Commission, Chicago Better Business Bureau and consumer advocates to warn Illinoisans about a scam known as phone bill ‘cramming’ that has hit hundreds of thousands of consumers and businesses with bogus charges on their phone bills.[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- After a tornado struck Harrisburg and severe storms raked surrounding southern Illinois counties last week, Attorney General Lisa Madigan urged area residents to protect themselves from home repair con artists eager to exploit natural disasters for personal profit as they begin to confront the process of rebuilding. Madigan[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 5, 2012.  Jonathon Sudduth of Springfield, Ill., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips in Los Angeles to 22 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for conspiracy to advertise child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S.[Read More…]

NEW ALBANY, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Danny L. Druck, 58, Louisville, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 96 months (eight years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography. “When we announced our[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced today that Shane M. Spears, age 27, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 120 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. “Today’s sentencing by Judge Tanya[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…]

The Web site BanditTrackerChicago.com released this photo of the suspect in today’s robbery of U.S. Bank. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Officials in Park Forest say that U.S. Bank, 99 Indianwood Boulevard, was robbed late this morning. According to BanditTrackerChicago.com, the suspect is described as an African American male, 5′ 6" to[Read More…]

San Francisco, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Late Wednesday afternoon, a federal jury found Christopher Bryan Ablett, a/k/a “Stoney,” a member of the Modesto Chapter of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang, guilty of all four felonies with which he was charged including murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a deadly weapon in aid[Read More…]