The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is Assisting the PFPD in the Investigation Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An investigation into a Fourth of July explosion that occurred in the Ash Street Cooperative is ongoing, eNews Park Forest has learned. Detective Justin Rimovsky recently told a group of residents[Read More…]
Law and Order
Chicago Man Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Handgun on City’s Near North Side
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison for illegally possessing a loaded handgun on the city’s Near North Side. NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, 33, illegally possessed the loaded gun while walking on the sidewalk in the 900 block of North Cambridge Avenue[Read More…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts San Antonio Man on Sexual Exploitation Charges
Peoria, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury Tuesday returned an indictment charging Corbett Eugene Hayes, 40, of San Antonio, Texas, on sexual exploitation charges of a minor. The indictment charges Hayes with having used, persuaded, induced, enticed, and coerced a minor from about March 15, 2021, through the date of his[Read More…]
Jury Convicts Hammond Man, Registered Sex Offender, for Using Facebook to Conspire to Produce Child Pornography
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury convicted a Hammond, Indiana man, a registered sex offender, Monday for conspiring with multiple women to send him sexually explicit pictures of infants and young children. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Lorenzo Johnson, 33, of Hammond, used a fake Facebook account[Read More…]
Suburban Chicago Nursing Facility To Pay $360,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago Monday announced that a suburban Chicago nursing facility has agreed to pay $360,000 to resolve civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing unnecessary and “upcoded” physical, occupational, and speech therapy services to increase Medicare payments. A consent judgment[Read More…]
Illinois Attorney Found Guilty of Bankruptcy Fraud
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Illinois attorney whose practice included bankruptcy law has been found guilty of bankruptcy fraud charges following a two-week jury trial in federal court in Rockford. KEVIN O. JOHNSON, also known as “K.O. Johnson,” 55, of Sycamore, Ill., was convicted Friday on four counts of bankruptcy fraud, one count of making[Read More…]
Park Forest Man Charged After Allegedly Spraying Pepper Spray in Woman’s Face
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Park Forest man was charged with domestic battery after allegedly spraying pepper spray in a woman’s face after she arrived at his home to drop off her child. The woman alleged that the man also sprayed her with a fire extinguisher, pulled her hair, and threatened[Read More…]
Financial Adviser Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Prison for Swindling Millions From Clients
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago financial adviser has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for swindling more than $3 million from clients, including a man who received compensation from the State of Illinois in a wrongful conviction settlement. MARCUS E. BOGGS represented to clients and his[Read More…]
Fort Wayne Defendant Sentenced To Over 25 Years In Prison
Fort Wayne, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Virgil S. Smith, 43, a defendant of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tina L. Nommay. Smith was sentenced to 300 months[Read More…]
Will County Man Arrested on Suspicion of Transporting a Minor From Iowa To Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Will County man has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly transporting a minor to Illinois from Iowa to engage in criminal sexual activity. The Will County man, RYAN ZELEK, 28, of Wilmington, Ill., is charged with one count of production of child pornography and one count[Read More…]
