From the Chicago Tribune: Police have arrested two men who authorities said forced their way into a Carpentersville home, bound a couple and their 5-year-old child and then took the child with them while they took money out of the couple’s bank account. Police said Antonio Espino, 22, of the[Read More…]

Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Minnesota man will appear in bond court today and his wife and young child are being kept in a safe location after a Cook County Sheriff’s investigation found the man was sending his wife across the country and ordering her to have sex with men in[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010.  Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL.) and Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), have introduced legislation that seeks to increase the number of State and local fugitives who are arrested and prosecuted.   The Fugitive Information Networked Database Act of 2010 (FIND Act) is designed to coordinate state[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2010.  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois State Police (ISP) are partnering with numerous law enforcement agencies throughout the state during St. Patrick’s Day to remind everyone to act responsibly by designating a sober driver if they plan on consuming alcohol. The departments are providing[Read More…]

The South Suburban Emergency Response Team’s armored vehicle. (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[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to the 300 block of Osage Street on March 9 to investigate a report of a burglary that had just occurred. According to a resident, while sitting in his living room, David A. Kazmierczak, 54, 3458 N. Route 23, Ottawa, IL, allegedly forced open[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of Marquette Street (204) to check the well-being of a pit bull puppy that had been left outside overnight in freezing conditions, according to police. Upon arrival, Officer Studer observed a Brown pit bull puppy shaking in[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Chicago man who allegedly helped a criminal organization run its illegal gambling activities was arrested on federal gambling and tax fraud charges, federal law enforcement officials announced. The defendant, Casey Szaflarski, acting through his Berwyn business, Amusements, Inc., was charged with conducting an illegal gambling business since[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–The retired leader of a regional labor union local was charged with violating federal labor law by allegedly demanding and accepting livestock feeders from a company that employed the union local’s workers for his buffalo farm in Maryland. The defendant, William E. Dugan, was charged in a single-count criminal[Read More…]