24-Year-Old Allegedly Trading 600+ Videos, Images Online Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced on November 2 that the arrest of a La Salle County man on child pornography charges marks the 27th arrest in “Operation Glass House,” her continuing crackdown on the most active traffickers downloading and trading child[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the on November 1 the arrest of a youth minister in Marengo, Ill., on charges of soliciting a child and other sex-related charges. Investigators with the Attorney General’s office arrested Barry Caudle, 39, this morning while executing a warrant at the Marengo First[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS—Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Damon L. Thomas, age 37, formerly of Indianapolis, and Tara L. Wilson, age 38, formerly of Muncie, have been charged with theft of government property. This follows an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Housing and Urban[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL—Jacklyn Still, formerly Jacklyn Gebhardt, the owner of Gebhardt Trailer Sales, of Jacksonville, Ill., was sentenced today to serve nine years in federal prison and to pay restitution in the amount of $4,549,610 to banks and customers she defrauded. Still, 49, has been in the custody of the U.S.[Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced today that Kateen Morris, 44, of Fort Wayne, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in restitution to Hoosier taxpayers by U.S. District Judge William T. Lawrence following her guilty[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A south suburban Dolton police officer was arrested today on federal civil rights and obstruction of justice charges alleging that he used excessive force against two victims in 2009 and later threatened Dolton’s then-police chief during the investigation, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, Kevin Fletcher,[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Rockford man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bankruptcy fraud. The defendant, Shane Mathew Berry, 39, admitted to making a false statement in documents he signed under penalty of perjury in his 2007 bankruptcy petition filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Rockford. In a[Read More…]

Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Belvidere man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bank robbery. The defendant, Carlos Harris, 39, of Belvidere, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to the robbery of Harris N.A., 401 Southtowne Drive, Belvidere, Illinois, on Mar. 26, 2011. According to the written plea[Read More…]

Please note the update from the PFPD at the end of this story. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police say a resident who lives in the 300 block of Winnebago Street was the victim of an aggravated armed robbery on October 21. Police say the resident told them he arrived at his[Read More…]