Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Roscoe, Illinois man pleaded guilty May 20 in federal court to two counts of transporting child pornography via the Internet. In pleading guilty, Jason Nicoson, 35, admitted before U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Kapala that in December 2011 and January 2012, he used the Internet to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two FBI special agents were tragically killed May 17 during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Special Agent Christopher Lorek and Special Agent Stephen Shaw were members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, part of the Critical Incident Response Group based at Quantico,[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Seven men and one woman are facing federal drug charges in connection with an investigation dubbed Operation Heroin Hotline that targeted heroin trafficking on Chicago’s near west side. The charges and the arrests of five of the defendants were announced May 16 by Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two area physicians and three health clinic co-owners are among seven defendants charged here with engaging in five separate, unrelated health care fraud schemes to defraud the Medicare program and/or private health insurers of millions of dollars, federal law enforcement officials announced May 14. Four of the five[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Cary, Illinois business owner pleaded guilty to wire fraud May 13 in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala. Clare Thomas Anderson, 44, who owned and operated multiple businesses in Cary, Illinois, and Florida, admitted that between April 2009 and January 2013, he schemed to[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cory B. Nelson, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in locating a man believed to be responsible for three recent bank robberies in the Chicago suburbs, including one that occurred on May[Read More…]