Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former Park Forest mayoral candidate was charged with one felony count of burglary last week when police were dispatched to investigate a report of a suspicious person. Police were called to the 400 block of South Orchard Drive on February 8 when someone called police and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Consumer Protection Working Group, formed under President Barack Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF), convened its first meeting in Washington, D.C., today to address consumer fraud, which can financially cripple households and can cause extensive losses to our economy. The newly created group will work across[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago police sergeant and a patrol officer were arrested last night on federal charges alleging that they stole $5,200 in government undercover funds from a cooperating individual who they believed was transporting the cash for drug dealers. The sergeant, Ronald Watts, and the officer, Kallatt Mohammed, both[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Who says there’s no money in drugs? Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, joined by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley, held a press conference on February 13 to present Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry and Indianapolis Public Safety Director Frank Straub[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual depicted on the below wanted flyer, dubbed the “Man in Black” robber, who is responsible for the armed robbery of[Read More…]

New Building Will Create 260 Jobs and Provide State-of-the-Art Forensic Capability for Area Law Enforcement BELLEVILLE–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by state and local officials to break ground on the $37.8 million State Police Metro-East Forensic Science Laboratory in Belleville, a facility that will provide the[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A suspect in a string of as many as 10 bank robberies in and around Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood was arrested late Wednesday night, announced Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  Mr. Grant was joined in[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former software engineer for Motorola, Inc., now Motorola Solutions, Inc., a telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, was found guilty February 8 of stealing Motorola trade secrets. The defendant, Hanjuan Jin, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, possessed more than 1,000 electronic and paper Motorola proprietary documents[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Carey L. Breshers, 52, of Oklahoma, was sentenced on February 6, 2012, to 293 months’ imprisonment on each of two counts of kidnapping, and 240 months’ imprisonment for interference with commerce by robbery, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the United States[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man, who personally provided hundreds of dollars to an alleged terrorist leader with whom he had met in his native Pakistan, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide additional funds to the same individual after learning he was working with al Qaeda. The defendant, Raja Lahrasib Khan,[Read More…]