EVANSVILLE, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Raymond Pearson, 44, of Boonville, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to bank robbery. This case follows a cooperative investigation by the Indiana State Police, Warrick County Sheriff’s[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- David Michael Craig, 45, of Goreville, Illinois, who was convicted of producing child pornography, was sentenced to 600 months (50 years) in federal prison on January 19, 2012, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Craig was also placed on lifetime[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Francis T. Deutsch, 64, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 41 months in prison and five years’ mandatory supervised release. In addition, the court ordered[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Juan Carlos Adame-Hernandez, a/k/a Armando Maldonado-Bernave, age 41, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. “This investigation and prosecution is[Read More…]

ROCKFORD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Aurora, Illinois man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 63 months in federal prison for mail fraud involving his operation of a Ponzi scheme, in which he fraudulently obtained money from a number of investors who were promised extraordinary returns from his[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Criminal charges were filed on January 20 against two Kane County men in connection with the January 18 armed robbery of the Elgin State Bank, located at 1590 North McLean Boulevard in the northwest suburb. The charges were announced today by Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on January 19, 2012, Russell “Kriss” Holland, 33, of the United Kingdom and formerly a resident of Vincennes, Indiana, was sentenced to 144 months (12 years) in federal prison. Holland was also placed[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The superintendent of the Street Department for the Village of Alorton was indicted on January 19, 2012, for allegedly being a felon in possession of firearm ammunition and for allegedly making false statements to federal law enforcement officers, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois,[Read More…]

DENVER-(ENEWSPF)- Jamshid Muhtorov, aka Abumumin Turkistony, aka Abu Mumin, 35, of Aurora, Colorado, was arrested Saturday afternoon at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport by members of the FBI’s Denver and Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Forces on a charge of providing and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Michael D. Wood, Jr., 39, of Indianapolis, has been charged with the possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of a felony. This follows an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. “Prosecutions[Read More…]