Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for violently sex trafficking multiple women over the course of a decade. From 2007 to 2016, BENJAMIN BIANCOFIORI used false promises of assistance to entice women into performing commercial sex acts. Biancofiori recruited multiple victims[Read More…]
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Park Forest, Cook County Warming Centers Open During Extreme Cold
Park Forest Warming Centers: Park Forest Police Department, 24/7; Park Forest Village Hall During Normal Business Hours Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security (EMRS) reminds residents to take appropriate precautions to protect themselves and their families during extremely cold weather. Municipalities and townships across Cook County[Read More…]
Cook County Exceeds 13,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Medical Examiner confirms grim milestone amid surge of cases Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) marked another grim pandemic milestone today, confirming the County’s 13,000th death due to COVID-19 infection just six weeks after the County marked its 12,000th death from the virus. Cook County now exceeds[Read More…]
Gun-Related Homicides Show Record Numbers in 2021: CCMEO
Office sees second-highest overall caseload in its history Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) confirmed 1,002 gun-related homicides in 2021, breaking the previous record of 881 set in 2020. The MEO released preliminary case data for 2021 today. However, opioid overdose deaths and COVID-19 infection deaths both[Read More…]
New Park Forest Properties in Land Bank
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest recently transferred 17 properties to the South Suburban Land Bank and Development Authority (SSLBDA) in hopes of rehabilitation and new owners. All of these properties have been vacant for years and the village worked through the court system to have the properties[Read More…]
2021 Year in Review Highlighting Accomplishments for Illinois’ Second Congressional District
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Releases Her 2021 Year in Review Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02), released her 2021 Year in Review report, detailing her legislative accomplishments in Washington and services provided to her constituents in Illinois. “Serving the people of Illinois’ Second Congressional District is a pleasure and an honor. I[Read More…]
Hammond Registered Sex Offender Sentenced
50 Years For Producing and Using Facebook to Distribute Child Pornography Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A Hammond, Indiana man, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 50 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for using social media to produce child pornography. Lorenzo Johnson, 33, of Hammond, was convicted[Read More…]
FBI Pittsburgh Seeking Potential Teen Victims in the “7-Day Challenge” Investigation
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- FBI Pittsburgh is seeking to identify potential victims of Kaung Myat Kyaw, a Penn Hills man who allegedly preyed on teenagers on Snapchat, allegedly attempting to extort the victim by initiating the “7-Day Challenge.” In a joint investigation with our FBI offices in Phoenix, Buffalo, and Virginia, as[Read More…]
Two Kankakee Men Sentenced in Separate Child Enticement Cases
Urbana, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two Kankakee, Illinois, men were sentenced on December 13, 2021, in separate child enticement cases. They were Kyren Williams, 31, of the 1000 block of S. Osborn Ave., and Jazzie Simmons, 30, of the 200 block of Greenwood Ave. Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm sentenced Simmons to[Read More…]
Christmas Launch Now for the James Webb Space Telescope
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Weather is nudging the James Webb Space Telescope from December 24 to a Christmas Day launch. NASA and Arianespace successfully completed the Launch Readiness Review for the James Webb Space Telescope on Dec. 21. The team authorized the Ariane 5 rocket carrying Webb to rollout and the start[Read More…]
