ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2015.   A Rockford resident was sentenced yesterday in federal court on a federal gun charge.  The defendant, MARTEZ DICKSON, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to a total of 235 months in federal prison, and ordered to serve 5 years of supervised[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 24, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges against three Chicago area hotel owners in a sweep to crack down on violations of the Hotel Operators’ Occupation Tax Act (HOOT). The individuals are accused of defrauding the state out of more than $470,000 from eight hotels in the[Read More…]

PEORIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015.  A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois, found Nicole Eason guilty on two counts of kidnapping and one count of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney James[Read More…]

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015.   A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.  CLIFFORD HORTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., admitted that on November 4, 2014, having previously been convicted of a felon, he[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2015.   A soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he conspired with his cousin to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East. HASAN R. EDMONDS, 23, of Aurora, pleaded guilty to one count of[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015.  A southwest suburban doctor and his patient are facing federal drug charges for allegedly scheming to fraudulently prescribe and dispense thousands of Oxycodone and Adderall pills, authorities announced today. From approximately January 2010 to July 2013, DR. WILLIAM MIKAITIS issued over 500 prescriptions for Oxycodone and[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015.  An Aurora man pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge that he conspired to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East. JONAS M. EDMONDS, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization,[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today said a Yorkville man was charged with possessing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” a statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Henry Wojewski, 58, is charged with one count of[Read More…]

Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that Illinois reached an agreement to settle kickback claims against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Novartis”). The settlement will resolve allegations that Novartis provided kickbacks to certain specialty pharmacies in exchange for recommending the drug Exjade to Medicaid and Medicare patients. Under[Read More…]

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015.  A Tennessee man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges he helped launch cyber-attacks on corporations, universities and governmental entities throughout the world. As a member of the hacking group “NullCrew,” TIMOTHY JUSTEN FRENCH exploited computer vulnerabilities to obtain unauthorized access and steal confidential information,[Read More…]