Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A criminal complaint was filed late last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago charging a Crystal Lake man with the attempted robbery of the Wauconda Community Bank, located at 495 West Liberty Street, on February 9. The alleged perpetrator, identified as ROBERT M. McINTYRE, age 57, of[Read More…]

Tucson, AZ–(ENEWSPF)– A federal grand jury in Tucson returned a one count indictment against Justin M. Hayes, 31, of Phoenix, for a violation of threatening to assault, kidnap, and murder officials or employees of the United States. “This office takes threats against any individual, including public officials, with the utmost[Read More…]

Minnesotta–(ENEWSPF)– A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in federal court in St. Paul to scheming more than $900,000 from Richfield-based Best Buy Co. Appearing before United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank, Joseph Anthony Graziola, III, of Glenmills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud. In[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– WASHINGTON—Farmington Hills, Michigan resident Baskaran Thangarasan was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his participation in a fraudulent physical therapy scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox in the Eastern District of Michigan sentenced Thangarasan[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was joined today by Jody P. Weis, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), and Thomas Dart, Cook County Sheriff, in announcing that an arrest has been made in the “Citibank Bandit”[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual depicted in the below wanted flyer, who is believed responsible for the armed robbery of two (2) west suburban banks and the[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced criminal charges in connection with the chemical dumping that resulted in a fish kill in a creek that leads to the Fox River in May. A Kane County grand jury returned an indictment of D & Y Trade, Inc., a South Elgin recycling[Read More…]

Hector Zuniga Jr. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Bond was set at $100,000 Saturday for a Chicago man charged with stealing a squad car from the officer attempting to stop him, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Saturday. Hector Zuniga Jr., 20, of the 7200 block of South Harding[Read More…]

Louis Baus (left) and Cynthia Hamm. (PHOTOS SUPPLIED) Cook County, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Des Plaines woman is free on bond, while her boyfriend remains in the Cook County Jail after they were arrested after allegedly scaling a utility pole and cutting utility lines in an effort to steal the copper inside[Read More…]