Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on October 21, 2011, Darnell V. Crutcher, a/k/a Darnell C. Crutcher, 38, of Washington Park, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis to 36 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- According to information released today by the FBI, 56 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 72 officers died in accidents while performing their duties; and 53,469 officers were assaulted in the line of duty. The 2010 edition of Law Enforcement Officers[Read More…]

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dwon L. Lott, 38, of East St. Louis, Ill., was sentenced in United States District Court, East St. Louis, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Lott was sentenced[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2011.  It is an honor to stand with you today – and to salute the leadership that you have provided over the past year, as well as the example that you have set for IACP’s next President.     Every person in this room – and, especially, the leaders[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…]

Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An activist for a southwest suburban tax watch group has been indicted on allegatinos she filed petitions with the Circuit Court of Cook County that contained forged and unauthorized signatures of registered voters in an attempt to get a referendum placed on the ballot in Oak Lawn, the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2011.  A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline services company pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Fla., to participating in a kickback scheme to defraud Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company located in Rockford, Ill., the Department of Justice announced.  [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…]

New Castle, PA-(ENEWSPF)- Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of a bridge outside of Pittsburgh. Yes, a bridge. A steel bridge. From WTAE Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania State Police arrested two people who are accused of stealing a steel bridge worth an estimated $100,000 that was[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL -(ENEWSPF)- There was no attempted child abduction in Park Forest Wednesdy. Really. Police issued a statement Wednesday night regarding what appears to have been a misunderstanding. According to police, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, the Park Forest Police Department conducted an investigation into an incident that had[Read More…]