Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A former high school custodian was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for transporting and possessing child pornography. The defendant, Anthony Skoien, 48, formerly of Joliet, was a custodian at Plainfield South High School at the time of his arrest in August 2010. He pleaded guilty[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Antonio C. Martinez Jr., 40, a former Chicago police officer, pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy and related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana. Martinez pleaded guilty before U.S.[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A High Ridge, Missouri resident pled guilty to the charge of illegally possessing a firearm when he was a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton announced today. Arlanda Antonio Jones, 31, was indicted by a federal grand jury[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…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2011. After waiting more than 30 years, family and friends of William “Bill” George Bundy now have the answer to the question, “where has our loved one gone,” Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced on Monday. Due to Sheriff Dart’s renewed effort to identify the unknown victims[Read More…]

From the Chicago Sun-Times: (DEKALB) A 22-year-old Northern Illinois University student from south suburban Park Forest was shot and killed during an argument at an off-campus apartment party early Wednesday. Steven R. Agee II, 22, of Park Forest, was shot about 2:10 a.m. at an apartment in the 800 block[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…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2011. More than 50 people have been arrested and face charges in a pre-holiday undercover investigation that targeted organized retail theft rings, whose members are stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise from retail outlets throughout Cook County ranging from large suburban shopping malls to high-end boutiques[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former managing director of a hedge fund that was forced into receivership by U.S. government regulators was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for fraudulently soliciting and obtaining approximately $294 million from some 900 investors worldwide. The defendant, Philip J. Baker, who controlled Lake Shore[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago resident pled guilty today in federal district court in Benton, IL, to the charge of willfully making a bomb threat to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton announced today. Maurice Leon Wiggins, 23, who[Read More…]