INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Erik S. Epperson, 22, Veedersburg, Indiana, was sentenced to 78 months in prison by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following his guilty plea to traveling to meet a minor for sex. This case was the result of an investigation[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Kim L. McAfee, 48, of East St. Louis, IL, a former Washington Park detective and the owner and operator of private security company, KLM Loss Prevention, Inc., was sentenced today in the United States District Court to 26 months’ imprisonment, two years’ supervised release, assessments totaling $3,800.00, and[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced Friday that Wayne Taft Harris, Jr., age 38, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following his guilty plea to two counts of wire fraud. Harris was also ordered to pay $449,000 in restitution[Read More…]

CHICAGO-(ENEWSPF)- A former Chicago options trader was sentenced to 44 months in prison for engaging in an investment fraud scheme in which he swindled more than $600,000 from approximately 10 victims who invested with him. The defendant, Kent R.E. Whitney, had pleaded guilty to wire fraud in September, and was[Read More…]

URBANA, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A grand jury has charged the owner of a Manteno, Illinois, car dealership with bank fraud and money laundering. The indictment charges Thomas McClain, 57, of Bourbonnais, Ill., who owned and operated Don McClain Ford during the time of the alleged scheme, from Jan. 31, 2008, to February[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against a Sycamore company that traveled the country selling saunas at local festivals and home shows but failed to deliver the saunas. Madigan filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Garrett Michaels Investment Services Inc., which does business[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- CHARLENE M. TROOP, age 23, 1414 S. Kenilworth, Berwyn, IL, was arrested on Friday, December 2, 2011, by officers of the Berwyn Police Department in connection with the December 2 robbery of the Chase Bank, located at 6969 Ogden Avenue, Berwyn, IL. According to the complaint filed in[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago area man who allegedly escaped from custody in Rolling Meadows and a day later committed an armed bank robbery in Bloomingdale before being recaptured was indicted on federal charges in connection with the alleged series of events in September 2009. The defendant, Robert Maday, was charged[Read More…]