Local Police Reports

Park Forest Police Reports for March 1, 2010

The Park Forest Police Station in winter. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]

Six Members of the Rodriguez-Orejuela Family Indicted

Miami, FL–(ENEWSPF)– Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Jeffrey H. Sloman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations, and Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in[Read More…]

Elgin Man Arrested on Bank Robbery Charge

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Michael Broome, age 35, whose last known address was 1680 Mark Avenue in Elgin, was charged in a criminal complaint filed earlier today in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of Bank Robbery, which is a felony offense. Broome was charged in connection with the robbery on[Read More…]

FBI Searches for ‘ESPN Bandit’

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 who is believed responsible for the armed robbery of at least four (4) Chicago area banks and the attempted robbery of a[Read More…]

Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Leader Extradicted From Mexico to United States to Face Federal Drug-Trafficking Charges

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– An allegedly high-ranking leader of one of Mexico’s largest drug cartels, whose father allegedly heads a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel and is among Mexico’s most powerful drug kingpins, was extradited today from Mexico to face federal narcotics trafficking conspiracy charges in the United States. Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla[Read More…]

Park Forest Police Reports for February 22, 2010

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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…]

Madigan: Former Jefferson County Employee Pleads Guilty To Theft And Official Misconduct

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that the former Jefferson County Deputy Treasurer, Brenda Pickett, 61, pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft in excess of $10,000, as well as to official misconduct before Judge Joe Harrison during a court hearing in Mt. Vernon. The Attorney General’s office prosecuted the case[Read More…]

Madigan Sues Evanston Online Marketer Alleging Credit Card Cramming

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against an online marketing firm based in Evanston, Ill., for “cramming” consumers’ credit cards with unauthorized charges for supposedly “free trial” offers for a range of products, including coffee, posters and jewelry. “We’ve received an[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan Sues Two Chicago Modeling Agencies

Defendants Allegedly Charge Unlawful Payments, Fail to Secure Modeling Jobs for Clients Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed two lawsuits in Cook County Circuit Court against two Chicago-based modeling agencies as part of “Operation Bottom Dollar,” a nationwide crackdown on job scams with the Federal Trade Commission and[Read More…]

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