Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Chicago Community Bank branch located at 52 East Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, was robbed today around 1:30 p.m. The robber entered the bank, approached the teller counter, and demanded cash while threatening harm if his demands were not met. The robber implied he had a weapon, but[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2011 —More than 30 years after 33 young men were murdered by serial killer John Wayne Gacy, detectives are relying on advancements in DNA technology in a new effort to identify eight victims who have never been identified, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced on Wednesday. The[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011 —Three suburban teenagers will appear in Bridgeview bond court at 9 a.m. today after they were each charged with two counts of 1st Degree Murder for their roles in the September deaths of John and Maria Granat, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Tuesday . Christopher[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)- A 53-year old Arlington Heights man has been arrested and charged with the September 29 robbery of the TCF Bank branch, located at 1415 Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows. ALEXANDER STOVER, whose last known address was 315 Salem Avenue in the northwest suburb, was charged in a criminal complaint[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Gregory Thomas, Chief of the Aurora Police Department (APD), announced today the arrest of three individuals for violation of federal drug laws. The arrests were made on September 26-27,[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Indiana attorney was arrested Monday in Florida on federal charges alleging that he and his onetime client, the former owner and chief executive of the bankrupt Edgewater Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, committed perjury and obstruction of justice to thwart efforts by the government and a[Read More…]

PEORIA, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A federal grand jury today charged David E. Morris, 48, of Peoria, Ill., with committing four robberies in July and August: robbery of Dollar General on July 20, 2011; robbery of Streibich’s Hardware Store on Aug. 17; robbery of Redbrand Credit Union, 201 East Lake Street, Peoria, Ill.,[Read More…]

No fewer than three PFPD cruisers attended to this traffic stop on Algonquin Street Sunday afternoon. (ENEWSPF) 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[Read More…]

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2011.  City police officers are to cease making misdemeanor marijuana arrests in cases where the contraband was not displayed in public view, according to an internal order issued late last week by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and reported by the New York Post. Although simple marijuana[Read More…]