CHICAGO-(ENEWSPF)- A former Chicago lawyer was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for engaging in mortgage and bankruptcy fraud schemes involving a so-called “mortgage bailout” program that purported to “rescue” financially distressed homeowners but instead tricked victims into relinquishing title to their homes and declaring bankruptcy. The defendant, Norton[Read More…]

ROCKFORD-(ENEWSPF)- A Loves Park, Illinois man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for the robbery of Associated Bank, 6213 North 2nd Street, in Loves Park, Illinois, on June 24, 2011. ROBERT J. ALAR, 51, of Loves Park, who was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala,[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police responded to a home invasion in the 300 block of Somonauk Drive on January 10 at approximately 1 AM. When police arrived, one of the victims was crying and visibly shaking. The victim said she heard banging coming from the front of the house followed by[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…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSF)- On January 12, 2012, a former federal correctional officer employed at FCI Greenville was sentenced in the federal court in East St. Louis to federal prison term for accepting bribes and smuggling contraband into the prison, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2012. A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an indictment today charging Deputy U.S. Marshal Stephen Linder, 36, with violations of federal criminal civil rights law related to two separate incidents in which Linder assaulted a handcuffed civilian.  The indictment charges Linder with a criminal civil rights violation[Read More…]

CPO Trainee Exam Scheduled for February 6-9, 2012 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is seeking applicants for the position of Conservation Police Officer Trainee.  The department plans to hire 15 new Illinois Conservation Police recruits to begin the academy in June. Applicant testing is scheduled[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Streamwood man was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for directing a fraud scheme in which he sold stolen merchandise valued at more than $1 million over the Internet. The defendant, Ahmet Keskes, was convicted at trial a year ago and was sentenced yesterday by U.S.[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The highest-ranking leader nationwide of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum, after being convicted at trial last April of racketeering conspiracy (RICO) and related charges involving narcotics trafficking and violence that plagued numerous neighborhoods on the city’s north,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2012. A federal jury yesterday convicted Ladmarald Cates, 44, a former Milwaukee Police Officer, of a civil rights charge stemming from his July 16, 2010, sexual assault of a Milwaukee woman, the Justice Department announced.   The evidence at trial established that on July 16, 2010, the defendant,[Read More…]