CHICAGO-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced last Friday to 12 years in federal prison for transporting, receiving, and possessing child pornography, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. The defendant, Winton Nail, is in federal custody and must serve at least 85 percent of[Read More…]

ROCKFORD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced December 15 by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 70 months in federal prison for the robbery of Associated Bank, 3333 N. Rockton Ave., in Rockford, on May 10, 2011. Gregory E. Lockett, 39, of Chicago, was also sentenced to serve three[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…]

Sydney, Australia–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Some 80 percent of drug dog ‘alerts’ in New South Wales in 2011 yielded no illicit substances, according to state government statistics published this week by the Sydney Morning Herald. According to the paper, in the first nine months of 2011, “14,102 searches were conducted after[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)-Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Keenan R. Hauke, age 40, of Fishers, has been charged with securities fraud in connection with his role as owner and CEO of Samex Capital, a Fishers-based company. The information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Hauke defrauded more[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)-The director and a member of the board of directors of the Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Company, a non-profit corporation based on Chicago’s North Side, were charged late yesterday with fraudulently obtaining at least $1 million in federal education grant funds and misapplying at least $400,000 of that[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Erik S. Epperson, 22, Veedersburg, Indiana, was sentenced to 78 months in prison by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following his guilty plea to traveling to meet a minor for sex. This case was the result of an investigation[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Kim L. McAfee, 48, of East St. Louis, IL, a former Washington Park detective and the owner and operator of private security company, KLM Loss Prevention, Inc., was sentenced today in the United States District Court to 26 months’ imprisonment, two years’ supervised release, assessments totaling $3,800.00, and[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced Friday that Wayne Taft Harris, Jr., age 38, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following his guilty plea to two counts of wire fraud. Harris was also ordered to pay $449,000 in restitution[Read More…]

CHICAGO-(ENEWSPF)- A former Chicago options trader was sentenced to 44 months in prison for engaging in an investment fraud scheme in which he swindled more than $600,000 from approximately 10 victims who invested with him. The defendant, Kent R.E. Whitney, had pleaded guilty to wire fraud in September, and was[Read More…]