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Federal Indictments Charge Department of Veterans Affairs Employees with Pocketing Cash from Vendors

ANDREW LEE and KIMBERLY A. DYSON worked as Prosthetic Clerks in the Veterans Health Administration Prosthetics Service in Chicago. 

Loves Park Office Manager Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining More than $1 Million from Employer

The information charges TAMMY E. MOORE, 54, with one count of wire fraud. Moore will be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Rockford on a date to be determined.

Kankakee Man Charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm

On November 7, Sheriff’s Police responded to a call of shots fired on the 1400 block of East 15th Street in Ford Heights.

In a United Front Reverend Jackson to Join Savannah Alliance of Pastors in Georgia’s “Call to Action” regarding the Ahmaud Arbery Case

Attorney Robert Patillo, who is organizing the press conference and who is the executive director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s Peachtree Project in Atlanta, said, “We appreciate the Savannah Alliance of Pastors for inviting Rev. Jackson to bring national attention to the concerns of racial injustice here in Savannah, Georgia.

Owners of Several Chicago-Area Convenience Stores Charged With Defrauding Low-Income Food Program for Women and Children

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A 16-count indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago alleges that from 2010 to 2019 the store owners and several workers schemed to fraudulently redeem checks from the Women, Infants, and Children (“WIC”) program.

Federal Jury Convicts Chicago Street Gang Leader of Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Murders

LABAR SPANN, 43, of Chicago, was found guilty Monday on all four counts against him, including racketeering conspiracy, two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, and extortion.

Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun on Chicago Street

DONTA BAKER illegally possessed the gun on the evening of July 24, 2020, in the 2100 block of West 68th Street in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood.

Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seizes Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine

Federal agents today obtained a warrant to seize the private plane, a Bombardier Challenger 600.

Two Businessmen Charged With Running Fencing Operation Out of Crestwood Store

According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the Zayeds used their store – Crestwood Electronics Inc. in Crestwood, Ill. – and other businesses to knowingly purchase stolen electronic devices and other merchandise, re-package the items, and then ship them to re-sellers out of state and overseas.

Chicago Woman Arrested on Federal Charges for Allegedly Conspiring To Murder Her Mother in Indonesia

An indictment returned in 2017 and unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago charges HEATHER L. MACK, 26, and TOMMY E. SCHAEFER, 28, of Chicago, with conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice.

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