CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2012. A federal jury today convicted Alex Campbell, 45, a northwest Chicago suburban massage parlor owner, of various federal crimes including sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further forced labor and extortion involving four foreign women whom he mentally and physically abused while forcing them[Read More…]

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…]

Alleged Fraudulent Affiliate Marketers will Surrender Assets under Settlements Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012. Six online marketers agreed to settlements with the Federal Trade Commission that will permanently halt their allegedly deceptive practice of using fake news websites to market acai berry supplements and other weight-loss products. As part of its[Read More…]

CHICAGO, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Naperville resident Brent King has been selected as the 2011 Chicago-area recipient of the Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA), announced Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The DCLA is presented annually by FBI Director Robert[Read More…]

EVANSVILLE, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Raymond Pearson, 44, of Boonville, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to bank robbery. This case follows a cooperative investigation by the Indiana State Police, Warrick County Sheriff’s[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- David Michael Craig, 45, of Goreville, Illinois, who was convicted of producing child pornography, was sentenced to 600 months (50 years) in federal prison on January 19, 2012, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Craig was also placed on lifetime[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Francis T. Deutsch, 64, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to 41 months in prison and five years’ mandatory supervised release. In addition, the court ordered[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Juan Carlos Adame-Hernandez, a/k/a Armando Maldonado-Bernave, age 41, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. “This investigation and prosecution is[Read More…]

ROCKFORD, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Aurora, Illinois man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 63 months in federal prison for mail fraud involving his operation of a Ponzi scheme, in which he fraudulently obtained money from a number of investors who were promised extraordinary returns from his[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Criminal charges were filed on January 20 against two Kane County men in connection with the January 18 armed robbery of the Elgin State Bank, located at 1590 North McLean Boulevard in the northwest suburb. The charges were announced today by Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge[Read More…]