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Geoffrey Thompson, 53, of Naples, Florida, and formerly of Frankfort, Ill., is charged with one count of wire fraud.  #FederalCourt

Jamari Hodge, also known as “Hypnotic” and “Miracle,” 26, of Calumet City, Ill., is charged with one count of producing child pornography. #FederalCourt

The centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts continues to be Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).  PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. #FederalCourt

LISA LLOYD TAYLOR, owner of Ebiz Accounting Services in Country Club Hills, Ill., willfully filed false personal or corporate tax returns from 2010 to 2013 that substantially underreported her own income or the income earned by her business.

RONALD T. MOLO, 61, of Shorewood, Ill., is charged in an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago with six counts of wire fraud.

LOUIS PRESTA, 71, of Crestwood, pleaded guilty to one count of using a facility in interstate commerce in aid of bribery and official misconduct, and one count of filing a false income tax return.

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.

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.

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.

A man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for straw purchasing handguns in the Chicago South suburbs.