Month: October 2019

scales of justice, justice, machine gun

IL State Rep. Arroyo Charged with Offering Bribe to Fellow Lawmaker in Return for Support of Legislation

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Illinois State Rep. LUIS ARROYO has been charged in federal court with offering a bribe to a fellow state lawmaker in an effort to influence and reward the lawmaker for supporting legislation that would benefit Arroyo’s private lobbying client. Arroyo, 65, of Chicago, is charged with one count[Read More…]

United States Department of Justice

Two Chicago Police Officers Convicted of Fraudulently Obtaining Search Warrants and Obstructing Justice

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal jury Tuesday convicted two Chicago Police officers of fraudulently obtaining search warrants and stealing cash and drugs from properties they searched. Officers XAVIER ELIZONDO and DAVID SALGADO were assigned to a gang team in the Chicago Police Department’s Tenth District.  According to evidence at trial, the[Read More…]

Justice gavel by Tori Rector

Chicago Man Charged with Conducting Illegal Sports Gambling Business

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago man has been charged in federal court with conducting an illegal sports gambling business and concealing the income in a bankruptcy proceeding. MICHAEL FRONTIER, also known as “Ira Goldberg,” “Brian Seagal,” and “Matthew Sullivan,” provided bettors with gambling accounts at an online sportsbook based in Costa[Read More…]

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Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing Employer’s Trade Secrets

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal judge has sentenced a 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing trade secret information while planning to work for a rival company in China. ROBERT O’ROURKE, 59, of Lake Geneva, Wisc., was convicted earlier[Read More…]

Tyshon T. Watson, 24, sentenced

Rockford Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford man was sentenced on October 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey on a federal drug conspiracy charge. TYSHON T. WATSON (also known as “TY”), 24, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised[Read More…]

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10 Defendants Charged in Federal Investigation That Dismantled Texas-to-Chicago Narcotics Pipeline

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Federal law enforcement seized more than 14 kilograms of cocaine and 15 firearms as part of an investigation that dismantled a Texas-to-Chicago narcotics pipeline and resulted in charges against ten defendants. During the investigation, dubbed “Operation Grapevine,” authorities shut down a drug stash house in a lakefront condominium[Read More…]

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