Conviction was for Wire Fraud Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Robert E. Gulledge, Jr., 59, of Pittsburg, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois, to five years of probation with a special condition[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2011.  Attorney General Eric Holder today issued the following statement on the release of the 2010 Uniform Crime Report, which showed a decline in violent crime across the United States for the second straight year:  “Safe communities are the foundation of our nation’s prosperity and I have made[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police arrested a truck driver after he allegedly threatened two officers over a parking ticket. Police say it all began when an officer observed two suspicious vehicles parked in the parking lot of 300 Norwood Square at 12:18 AM on September 13, one a car, the other[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–(ENWESPF)–September 16, 2011.  A Chicago man was sentenced to 70 years in prison yesterday for the shooting death of a 17-year-old high school student on a CTA bus in an incident captured by bus video surveillance in 2008, according to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Milton[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2011.  Bond has been set at $100,000 for a teen who allegedly sexually assaulted a staff worker at a group home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday. Eddie Blue, 16, of the 1600 block of Little City Drive in[Read More…]

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago attorney who overbilled a small south suburban village for millions of dollars in legal work that was never performed has pled guilty and was sentenced to six years in prison today, according to the Office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Mark McCombs, 50, an[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)–September 8, 2011.  A jury has convicted a south suburban man apprehended by Cook County Sheriff’s Police after a five-hour standoff in Tinley Park last year. On Wednesday, William Wade, 34, of the 18100 block of S. 66th Court in Tinley Park, was convicted of being an armed habitual criminal;[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…]