The approximate route a high speed chase took through Park Forest and Matteson last Wednesday. (Graphic: Google Maps) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– One Park Forest officer helped recover a vehicle stolen out of Chicago Heights moments after the car was reported stolen. The vehicle was only recovered after a high-speed chase,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Project Safe Childhood Again Improves the Safety of Indiana’s Children
Indianapolis, IN–(ENEWSPF)– Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, and A. Brant Cook, Assistant U.S. Attorney, announced that Philip R. Collins, 47, Hillsboro, Ind., was sentenced to 90 months in prison yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker following his guilty plea to distribution and possession[Read More…]
Former South Suburban High School Official Arrested
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2010. The former president of a south suburban catholic high school has been charged with racking up more than $20,000 in personal charges on a school-issued credit card, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Roberto Torres, 31, of Chicago, was arrested yesterday and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces New Arrest in Statewide Crackdown on Child Pornographers
Alton–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today the arrest of a Madison County man brings to 14 the number of suspects that have been charged since her crackdown began in August targeting the most active participants in downloading and trading child pornography on the Internet. The Madison County[Read More…]
Metropolis Man Arrested on Possession of Child Pornography Charge
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on October 14, 2010, DENNIS LAUGHTON McCREE, age 57, of Metropolis, Illinois, was charged in a Criminal Complaint in United States District Court in Benton with one count of Possession of Child Pornography. Individuals[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for October 18, 2010
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) 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…]
Two Camden, NJ, Police Officers Indicted for Conspiracy to Deprive Others of Civil Rights
Camden, NJ–(ENEWSPF)– Two Camden police officers are in federal custody, charged in a nine-count Indictment unsealed today with conspiring with fellow police officers to deprive others of their civil rights and with specific instances of violating those rights, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Antonio Figueroa, 34, of Camden,[Read More…]
Two Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Men Convicted of Hate Crime in the Fatal Beating of Luis Ramirez
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A federal jury in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has convicted Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak, both of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, of a hate crime arising out of the fatal beating of Luis Ramirez. The jury found the defendants guilty of violating the criminal component of the federal Fair Housing Act, which[Read More…]
Retired Head of Operating Engineers Local 150 Sentenced for Illegally Obtaining Equipment for His Maryland Buffalo Farm
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The retired leader of a regional labor union local was sentenced today to three years of probation for violating federal labor law by demanding and accepting custom-made livestock feeders for his buffalo farm in Maryland from a company that employed the union local’s workers, as well as other similar[Read More…]
Massachusetts Uncle, Nephew Indicted on Insider Trading Charges
Boston, MA-(ENEWSPF)- Two men were charged today in federal court with conspiring to commit insider trading. PETER E. TALBOT, 42, of East Longmeadow, and CARL E. BINETTE, 29, of Ludlow, were charged in a seven-count indictment with conspiracy and securities fraud. BINETTE was also charged with obstruction of justice. The[Read More…]
