Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A man was charged with felony aggravated domestic battery after allegedly choking a woman in a situation where the South Suburban Emergency Response Team was activated. Latreal Veal, 28, 5158 Keith Dr., Richton Park, was arrested on July 14 and charged with felony aggravated domestic battery, domestic[Read More…]
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Teen Driver with BAC Allegedly More Than Twice the Legal Limit Gets DUI
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police said that a Park Forest teen driver had a BAC more than twice the legal limit and charged her with a DUI, according to a report. Aaliya J. Crosby, 18, of the 300 block of Seneca St., Park Forest, was arrested on July 13 and charged[Read More…]
20 Northern Illinois Communities, Including Richton Park, Awarded Public Safety Grants from ComEd, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- To support crucial public safety initiatives and enhance the quality of life in communities across northern Illinois, ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus today announced a total of $170,000 in public safety grants to 20 public agencies through the annual ComEd Powering Safe Communities Program. This year, the[Read More…]
Cook County Announces Third Annual Racial Equity Week, September 13-17, 2021
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the third annual Cook County Racial Equity Week, to be held September 13 – 17 in 2021. This year’s theme will reflect on three words: “Imagine. Intersect. Act.” Cook County Offices Under the President has programmed a week of events that[Read More…]
Evanston Woman Charged With Insider Trading
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Evanston woman used insider information obtained from her husband to purchase shares of a company ahead of its acquisition by her husband’s employer, according to a federal criminal charge filed today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago. In August and September 2019, DENISE GREVAS made $286,960[Read More…]
Fourth of July Explosion in Coop: Investigation by PFPD & ATF Ongoing
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…]
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…]
Newly formed Fire and Police Advisory Council Seeks Applicants
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest formed a new Fire and Police Advisory Council and residents may apply. Earlier this year, the Park Forest Board of Trustees unanimously approved a measure to form a new commission in the village to study matters pertaining to community relations, including community[Read More…]
