Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A St. Louis, Missouri man was sentenced on September 23, 2011, for possession of child pornography (count one) and transportation of child pornography (count two), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Because Daniel Lee Scalf, 32, was sentenced in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 23, 2011.  Four alleged members and associates of the New England La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including an alleged Rhode Island leader, have been arrested and charged in a second superseding indictment returned yesterday in federal court in Providence, R.I., with crimes involving racketeering and extortion.  The charges and arrests[Read More…]

Report affirms claims of patient advocates and officials from cities that regulate distribution Oakland, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2011.  The RAND Corporation issued a report this week dispelling the myth that there are inherent links between medial marijuana distribution centers and crime. The study on which the RAND report is based claims[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual depicted on the below wanted flyer, dubbed the “Schiller Park Bank Robber,” who is responsible for the attempted robbery of[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A southwest suburban woman who was authorized by the Illinois Department of Public Health to teach food service sanitation classes and administer state certification exams was convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for accepting at least $79,650 in return for fraudulently arranging to provide bogus certificates for at[Read More…]

Conviction was for Wire Fraud Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Robert E. Gulledge, Jr., 59, of Pittsburg, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to five years of probation with a special condition[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2011.  Attorney General Eric Holder today issued the following statement on the release of the 2010 Uniform Crime Report, which showed a decline in violent crime across the United States for the second straight year:  “Safe communities are the foundation of our nation’s prosperity and I have made[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police arrested a truck driver after he allegedly threatened two officers over a parking ticket. Police say it all began when an officer observed two suspicious vehicles parked in the parking lot of 300 Norwood Square at 12:18 AM on September 13, one a car, the other[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…]