Two Federal Defendants Indicted on Charges Related to Attempted Escape from Sangamon County Jail
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Two federal defendants who were housed at the Sangamon County Jail, in Springfield, Ill., while in the …
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Rockford Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Cocaine and Illegally Possessing Firearm
ROCKFORD — A Rockford man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee to nine years in federal …
Child Sex Crimes Lands 36-year old 90 Years in Prison
36-year-old Gary L. Boyle of Decatur, Illinois has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge James …
Former Metro East Elementary School Principal to Serve Prison Sentencing for Embezzlement
Former Principal of St. John the Baptist Elementary School in Smithton, Illinois Roy Joseph Monti was sentenced last week to …
Federal court sentences Alton man to 87 months over firearm possession charges
Matthew L. Richardson, a 32-year-old Alton man, has been sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison. He was …
Chicago convicted felon sentenced to 11 years in prison for gun possession charges
Ramone Shaffers, a convicted felon from Chicago, has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. He was proven guilty …
Turkey sentences controversial TV personality and religious preacher to over 1000 years in prison
A Turkish court sentenced 64-year-old Adnan Aktar, a controversial TV personality, to over 1000 years in prison for sexual abuse …
Sexual Exploitation of a Child Lands Decatur Man 22 Years in Federal Prison
Daniel A. Betty, 28, of Decatur, Ill., is sentenced to serve 22 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting and …
27 Years in Prison Sentencing for Chicago Street Gang Member
Chicago street gang’s member has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for engaging in a pattern of racketeering …
Health Care Fraud Results in Prison Sentencing for Metro East Dentist
Defrauding Illinois Medicaid out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a period of several years’ lands a St. Louis-area …
Child Pornography Trafficker Gets Decade in Prison
The government had described 29-year old Tyler L. Foote of Mattoon, Illinois as an avid collector of extremely violent child …
Illegal Loaded Gun Possession Lands Convicted Felon 15 Years
A convicted felon has earned 15 years in federal prison for illegal possession of a loaded handgun in the Avalon …
Nearly Six Years Imprisonment for Former Chicago Police Officer
A former Chicago Police Officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining search warrants …
First federal execution carried out by US since 2003
Daniel Lewis Lee, a 47-year-old man, has been executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. It is the …
Man who fired gun into Murder Victim’s Grave sentenced
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for firing a gun into the grave of …
37 Months Federal Prison Imprisonment for Chinese Businesswoman
A Chinese businesswoman has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit visa fraud. 30-year old …
Prison Imprisonment for Peoria Street Gang Member
Eugene Haywood has been sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge James E. …
Pregnant prisoner gives birth before losing her life of coronavirus
Andrea Circle Bear, a pregnant inmate, lost her life of coronavirus infection. She gave birth before dying on Tuesday. The …
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for production of child pornography
An Illinois man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by lifetime supervised release for production and possession …
More than 12 years prison sentence imposed on suburban man involved in child pornography case
Jonathan Stephens, a 50-year-old suburban man, has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison. Stephens, of Forest Park, …
Meth trafficking leader sentenced to 30 years in Prison
Travis Tuggle, 38, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his leadership role in a network that …
Federal bribery and tax offenses for former Illinois state senator
Former Illinois State Sen. Martin A. Sandoval has pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to bribery and tax offenses. …
16 ½ years for man in cocaine trafficking conspiracy
A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his role in McLean County …
Court sentences Vandalia man on drugs and gun charges
Wade Garrett McWhorter, a 26-year-old man of Vandalia, was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison on December 11, 2019. …
Court sentences Chicago man to 10 years in prison on sex trafficking charges
A Chicago man has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison. He was proven guilty in the court on …
US District Court sentences Champaign man to 13 years in prison on Xanax Pills trafficking
Michael M. Mihm, a US District Judge, sentenced a Champaign man to 13 years in federal prison over the charges …
US District court receives guilty plea agreement from Machesney Park man
Rockford, IL – A Machesney Park man pleaded guilty in the US District Court before Judge John J. Tharp, Jr., …