Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Federal authorities have arrested two Illinois residents named in an indictment that accuses five defendants of conspiring to unlawfully export to Russia defense articles – specifically, thermal imaging riflescopes and night-vision goggles – without a license in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. The indictment also[Read More…]

Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Shepherd Hoehn, 51, an Indianapolis man, was sentenced on Monday, June 21, to 46 months in prison and 3 years supervised release for violations of the criminal provision of the Fair Housing Act, and for unlawfully possessing firearms. Shepherd Hoehn had previously pleaded guilty to these charges on[Read More…]

Fairview Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two Nebraska men were sentenced the week of June 7 to lengthy prison terms for committing a series of armed robberies in Effingham, Illinois, and the Metro East in April 2017. Allen McCray, 23, and Victor Linton, 27, of Omaha, Nebraska, appeared in federal district court in[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former Chief of Staff to the Illinois Speaker of the House of Representatives was indicted May 26 for allegedly providing false material declarations under oath to a federal grand jury and attempting to obstruct its investigation into allegations of public corruption. TIMOTHY MAPES, 66, of Springfield, Ill.,[Read More…]

Mascoutah, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former water treatment manager for the City of Mascoutah has been sentencedfor accepting illegal gratuities. Richard Lowell Jones, 60, of Troy, Illinois, was sentenced to 3years’ probation, with the first 6 months on home confinement. According to court documents, Jones served as the city water treatment manager[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury convicted a Springfield, Ill., man, Rafael Mercado Berrios, aka Jose Berrios, 42, of the 1200 block of N. 4th St., on June 4, of attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and using the internet and cell phone to attempt to transmit[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A man has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge for using an explosive device in an attempt to damage a suburban Chicago restaurant last year. On June 1, 2021, DIEGO VARGAS threw a lit explosive device through the window of Egg Harbor Cafe in Naperville, Ill., resulting[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man was sentenced June 8 to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and assaulting three women he met online. KEITH DEWITT DAVIS, 31, assaulted the women in vacant buildings in Calumet City, Ill., in the summer of 2016.  Davis met the women online and used[Read More…]