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…]
Law and Order
FBI: Former Vice-President of Jersey State Bank Sentenced for Bank Fraud
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mary S. Becker, 57, of Jerseyville, IL, was sentenced in federal court, today, for bank fraud, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced. Becker received a sentence of 63 months in prison, a $100 special assessment, five years’ supervised release, and mandatory[Read More…]
FBI: West Frankfort Man Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Receiving Nearly $1 Million in Fraudulent Income Tax Refunds
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that David R. Childers, 38, of West Frankfort, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton today to a term of 24 months’ imprisonment for his role in receiving fraudulent refunds from[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for February 2, 2012
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…]
Man Assaulted with Bottle, Kicked and Robbed on Western Avenue
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A resident told police that, while walking northbound on Western Avenue at Dogwood Street, he was approached by two individuals who robbed him after striking him in the head with a glass bottle, punching and kicking him. One of the suspects is described as a white male,[Read More…]
Yazaki Corp., Denso Corp. and Four Yazaki Executives Agree to Plead Guilty to Automobile Parts Price-Fixing and Bid-Rigging Conspiracies
Companies Agree to Pay a Total of $548 Million in Criminal Fines–Includes Second Largest Criminal Fine Ever for an Antitrust Violation; Executives Agree to Serve Prison Time WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2012. Two Japanese suppliers of automotive electrical components–Yazaki Corporation and DENSO Corporation–have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a total[Read More…]
Former Suburban Massage Parlor Operator Convicted of Human Trafficking of Four Women in Illinois
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2012. A federal jury today convicted Alex Campbell, 45, a northwest Chicago suburban massage parlor owner, of various federal crimes including sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further forced labor and extortion involving four foreign women whom he mentally and physically abused while forcing them[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for January 27, 2012
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…]
FTC Permanently Stops Six Operators from Using Fake News Sites that Allegedly Deceived Consumers about Acai Berry Weight-Loss Products
Alleged Fraudulent Affiliate Marketers will Surrender Assets under Settlements Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012. Six online marketers agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that will permanently halt their allegedly deceptive practice of using fake news websites to market acai berry supplements and other weight-loss products. As part of its[Read More…]
Naperville Parent Honored by FBI
CHICAGO, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Naperville resident Brent King has been selected as the 2011 Chicago-area recipient of the Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA), announced Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The DCLA is presented annually by FBI Director Robert[Read More…]
