URBANA, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A grand jury has charged the owner of a Manteno, Illinois, car dealership with bank fraud and money laundering. The indictment charges Thomas McClain, 57, of Bourbonnais, Ill., who owned and operated Don McClain Ford during the time of the alleged scheme, from Jan. 31, 2008, to February[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against a Sycamore company that traveled the country selling saunas at local festivals and home shows but failed to deliver the saunas. Madigan filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Garrett Michaels Investment Services Inc., which does business[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- CHARLENE M. TROOP, age 23, 1414 S. Kenilworth, Berwyn, IL, was arrested on Friday, December 2, 2011, by officers of the Berwyn Police Department in connection with the December 2 robbery of the Chase Bank, located at 6969 Ogden Avenue, Berwyn, IL. According to the complaint filed in[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago area man who allegedly escaped from custody in Rolling Meadows and a day later committed an armed bank robbery in Bloomingdale before being recaptured was indicted on federal charges in connection with the alleged series of events in September 2009. The defendant, Robert Maday, was charged[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former high school custodian was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for transporting and possessing child pornography. The defendant, Anthony Skoien, 48, formerly of Joliet, was a custodian at Plainfield South High School at the time of his arrest in August 2010. He pleaded guilty[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Antonio C. Martinez Jr., 40, a former Chicago police officer, pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy and related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana. Martinez pleaded guilty before U.S.[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A High Ridge, Missouri resident pled guilty to the charge of illegally possessing a firearm when he was a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton announced today. Arlanda Antonio Jones, 31, was indicted by a federal grand jury[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…]