Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there has been an increase in the number of hijacked social networking accounts reported to www.ic3.gov. One of the more popular scams involves online criminals planting malicious software and code onto to victim computers. It starts by someone opening a[Read More…]
Law and Order
Chicago FBI: Streamwood Man Arrested in Connection with Alleged Internet Fraud Scheme
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was joined today by Thomas P. Brady, Inspector-in-Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Chicago, in announcing the arrest of a Streamwood, Illinois man on federal fraud charges. AHMET M. KESKES,[Read More…]
Durbin: $1.8 Million in COPS Funding for Illinois
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2009. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Illinois law enforcement agencies will receive a total of $1,865,151 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). Today’s funding – part of a nationwide announcement of $27 million in[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: Public’s Help Sought in Search for Cicero Murder Suspect
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for the public’s help in locating and apprehending a former Cicero man who is wanted in connection with the 1996 shooting death of a Chicago restaurant owner. PEDRO AGUILAR, age[Read More…]
Sting Nets Suburban Chiropractor for Alleged Unpaid Child Support
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2009. A suburban chiropractor, wanted in Champaign County after allegedly not paying thousands of dollars in child support, was arrested after an officer from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department posed as a patient in need of chiropractic care. Gaylen Bohlin, 69, of LaPorte, Ind., was arrested Thursday at[Read More…]
Registered Sex Offender Attempts to Gain Entry at Rich East High School
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police arrested a registered sex offender last week when he showed up at the Rich East High School and asked permission to place posters throughout the school. School was in session. On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, a man later identified as Mitchell Simon, 44, 12441 S. Justine,[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for September 28, 2009
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) 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 local[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for September 21, 2009
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) 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 local[Read More…]
Domestic Call Ends With Arrest Over Remington 870 Shotgun
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police were dispatched to a residence in the first block of Indianwood Boulevard on September 7 at 5:22 a.m. An unidentified male subject called 911 and related that he needed police at that residence, and that a female subject in the residence had a shotgun. When police[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for September 14, 2009
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) 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 local[Read More…]
