Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to the 300 block of Osage Street on March 9 to investigate a report of a burglary that had just occurred. According to a resident, while sitting in his living room, David A. Kazmierczak, 54, 3458 N. Route 23, Ottawa, IL, allegedly forced open[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of Marquette Street (204) to check the well-being of a pit bull puppy that had been left outside overnight in freezing conditions, according to police. Upon arrival, Officer Studer observed a Brown pit bull puppy shaking in[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Chicago man who allegedly helped a criminal organization run its illegal gambling activities was arrested on federal gambling and tax fraud charges, federal law enforcement officials announced. The defendant, Casey Szaflarski, acting through his Berwyn business, Amusements, Inc., was charged with conducting an illegal gambling business since[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–The retired leader of a regional labor union local was charged with violating federal labor law by allegedly demanding and accepting livestock feeders from a company that employed the union local’s workers for his buffalo farm in Maryland. The defendant, William E. Dugan, was charged in a single-count criminal[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrest of a Woodridge man in connection with the March 5, 2010, robbery of the U.S. Bank branch, located at 755 East Boughton Road, Bolingbrook. DEREK ORTIZ, age 33, whose[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–A chiropractor, a medical doctor and a billing employee at a clinic owned by the chiropractor in Maywood were indicted on federal health care fraud charges, federal law enforcement officials announced. The defendants allegedly illegally submitted false claims totaling more than $1 million to obtain payments from workers’ compensation[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A west suburban man who allegedly represented himself as a member of the “Chicago Outfit,” was arrested today on federal charges accusing him and a co-defendant of engaging in a contract bid-rigging scheme to provide forklift trucks for trade shows at McCormick Place Convention Center. A two-count indictment[Read More…]

Mokena, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Authorities say they have found the kitchen knife a Mokena woman used to brutally murder her elderly mother on Monday. A team of evidence technicians and law enforcement personnel spent much of Monday combing through 89-year-old Tresa McCauleys condo in the 19500 block of 116th Avenue for clues[Read More…]

Tuscola–(ENEWSPF)– A Moultrie County judge Tuesday ordered three California men held on $1 million bond each after their arrests Monday night in northern Douglas County for hauling more than two tons of cannabis from Texas. Douglas County State’s Attorney Kevin Nolan said preliminary information he received from Illinois State Police[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic stop is now facing an investigation by the United States Secret Service after Park Forest police discovered a large number of American Express Travelers checks valued at $500 each in the vehicle she was driving. Nietria L. Adams,[Read More…]