The typical stack of police reports. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Dear Friends: There is no cover-up in Park Forest. No one is hiding police reports from the public. On a typical week, the above is what I usually find in Park Forest. "The above" is that tall stack of reports. Some of[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Herrin man received a sentence of 110 months’ imprisonment on charges of possession of explosive materials by a previously convicted felon and possession of an unregistered destructive device, in federal court, in Benton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A west suburban investment adviser allegedly engaged in an investment fraud scheme that swindled the retirement savings of some elderly clients and, overall, caused about 10 clients to lose more than $4.26 million, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Steven W. Salutric, was charged with one[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A 22-year-old Glen Ellyn man has been charged with the December 20 robbery of the Elgin State Bank, located at 1001 South Randall Road. DANE R. PHENEGHAR was charged in a criminal complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of bank robbery,[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…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A man sought help from a friend after he was shot in the arm in Park Forest in the early evening of Friday, December 16. Police were dispatched to the first block of Waverly Court on December 16 at 7:33 PM in response to a report of[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…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced this morning the indictment of three individuals for their alleged role in defrauding an investor out of $1.7 million over the course of six months in 2007. The defendants, all alleged to have been involved in the operation of The Russell Foundation[Read More…]

ROCKFORD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Erie, Ill. man pleaded guilty December 19 in federal court to bank robbery. The defendant, Todd G. Jensen, 43, of Erie, Ill., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to the robbery of Community State Bank, 1801 First Avenue, Rock Falls, Illinois, on Aug. 29,[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A metro-east resident was sentenced December 21 in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and evade the payment of federal income taxes, for making false statements on a mortgage loan application, and for making false[Read More…]