East St. Louis, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Steven P. Tibbetts, 62, a Lutheran pastor out of Godfrey, Illinois, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for knowingly distributing child pornography in December 2019. The Court further ordered Tibbetts to pay $10,000 in restitution to victims[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former Manager of Mascoutah Trucking Company Sentenced to Prison
For Defrauding Mascoutah Trucking Company Out of More Than $600,000 East St. Louis, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Thursday morning, Timothy P. Mayer, 42, of Waterloo, Ill., was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison for defrauding his former employer, Jung Truck Service (“Jung Truck”) of Mascoutah, Ill., out of more than $600,000. In addition[Read More…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Nine Individuals On Drug Trafficking Charges
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury in Indianapolis returned indictments charging nine people on drug trafficking charges with various charges including several counts of distribution of controlled substances, money laundering, and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. At the end of 2020, the FBI and the IRS-CI started an[Read More…]
Former Crown Point Procurement Manager Sentenced for Embezzling from Company
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Marwan Kawar, 60, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon upon his plea of guilty to mail fraud announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay. Kawar was sentenced to 60 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and ordered[Read More…]
Chicago Teenager Sentenced to More Than 12 Years for Carjacking and Weapons Offenses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago teenager who carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint and discharged the firearm in the city’s Uptown neighborhood was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison. On the afternoon of July 28, 2020, MICHAEL C. PEARSON, 19, forcibly took a 2006 Buick Lucerne from two victims in the[Read More…]
Hobart Man Charged with Mail Fraud
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Sergio Gutierrez, age 49, of Hobart, Indiana, has been charged by way of an Indictment with mail fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay. According to documents in this case, it is alleged that Sergio Gutierrez devised a scheme that began around or about May 2015 and[Read More…]
Mattoon Sex Offender Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Children
Urbana, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Jeffrey M. West, 53, of the 1300 block of S. Third Street, in Mattoon, Illinois, was sentenced to 45 years (540 months) in federal prison for child sexual exploitation offenses. In April 2021, a federal jury convicted West of two counts of sexual exploitation of minors; two counts[Read More…]
Peoria Man Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison for Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Child As a Registered Sex Offender
Peoria, IL-(ENEWSPF)- James Wright, 50, of the 1500 block of South Easton Avenue, in Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced on September 9, 2021, to 37 years (444 months) in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for attempted sex trafficking of a child as a registered sex[Read More…]
Members of a Drug Trafficking Ring Have Been Sentenced
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- A drug trafficking ring consisting of at least 24 people have been sentenced in federal court. The organization operated in and around the historic Haughville neighborhood in Indianapolis from April 2018 to January 2019. A federal grand jury in Evansville indicted the members of this organization in January[Read More…]
Dark Web Child Porn Leads to 12 Year Sentence for Randolph County Man
Sparta, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Randolph County man is heading to federal prison today after years of downloading and sharing child pornography on the dark web. Kory R. Schulein, 37, of Sparta, Illinois, was sentenced this afternoon to 151 months in prison for knowingly receiving child sexual abuse material over the internet.[Read More…]
