Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 7, 2011, BRIAN HEATH DUFF, age 36, of Livingston, Illinois, was sentenced to 105 months in prison and five years of supervised release at the conclusion of his incarceration for robbing the[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Below are photos from a bank robbery that occurred yesterday (1/3/11) at the First Merit Bank, 8480 South Archer Avenue, Willow Springs, Illinois. The individual that is depicted in the photos is believed to be responsible for the robbery of that same bank back on July 16, 2010.[Read More…]

Peoria, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Bloomington, Illinois couple who owned and operated Wildwood Industries, Inc., Gary and Toni Jo Wilder, were sentenced today to 15 years (184 months) and seven years (84 months), respectively, for their role in a $213 million fraud scheme that defrauded lenders to fund manufacturing equipment that did[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2011. A former Colombian maritime training instructor and a co-conspirator have pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine from various ports along the coast of Colombia to waiting vessels that transported the cocaine to the United States and other countries, announced Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: This week’s reports are a bit shorter because last week’s were published at mid-week because of the Christmas holiday. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more[Read More…]

Minnesota-(ENEWSPF)- Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a 24-year-old woman from Redby, a community on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, was sentenced in connection to the murder of a 21-year-old man on October 1, 2009. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Natalie Renee Delores Ann Smith[Read More…]

Minnesota-(ENEWSPF)- A 28-year-old St. Joseph man pleaded guilty earlier today in federal court in St. Paul to possessing more than 600 images and videos of child pornography. Steven Allen Braun appeared before United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank and pled guilty to one count of possession of child[Read More…]

Minnesota-(ENEWSPF)- Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a 31-year-old Red Lake man was sentenced to 54 months in prison for assaulting a woman in November of 2009. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Christopher Michael Strong on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.[Read More…]

Birmingham, AL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury yesterday indicted a Louisiana man, suspected as “The Granddad Bandit” for two Alabama bank robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley. The indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges MICHAEL FRANCIS MARA, 53, of Baton Rouge,[Read More…]