U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois
Recent News About U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois
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A man from Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill former President Donald J. Trump.
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A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted six individuals on charges of forcibly impeding and interfering with a federal agent during immigration enforcement operations in Broadview, Illinois, last month.
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An alleged leader of the Latin Kings street gang in Chicago has been charged with soliciting the murder of a senior law enforcement official involved in immigration enforcement operations.
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Two Chicago residents have been charged in federal court for allegedly using their vehicles to assault and impede federal agents.
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Three people have been charged in federal court in Chicago for allegedly using their vehicles to interfere with the work of federal agents.
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A Chicago Police officer has been indicted on federal firearm charges for allegedly conspiring to illegally purchase firearms for an acquaintance who then transported the weapons to Mexico.
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A Rockford resident, Wesley Smith, 37, has been sentenced to 77 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
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A man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for robbing a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier at gunpoint in Chicago.
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A man has been sentenced to more than six and a half years in federal prison for his role in an ATM card-skimming operation that targeted machines in Chicago and New Jersey.
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A man has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for carjacking three vehicles at gunpoint and shooting one of the victims in Chicago.
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A Chicago resident has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in an immigration fraud scheme involving false employment verifications for foreign nationals.
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A federal grand jury has indicted Eddie Arguelles, 20, of Chicago, on a charge of illegally possessing a loaded machine gun in Riis Park, located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
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A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted Jawad Fakroune, 45, on multiple fraud and tax charges.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $2 million in small business loans through Covid-19 relief programs.
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A Chicago grocery store owner has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for fraudulently redeeming millions of dollars in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental...
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An inmate at Thomson Penitentiary in Illinois has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering a fellow inmate because of his religious faith.
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A man from Rock Falls, Illinois, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine.
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A Chicago man has been sentenced to 55 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a loaded handgun in a residence on the Near West Side where several children were present.
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A Chicago resident has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison for illegally dealing firearms.
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A federal judge has sentenced Christopher Scott, a resident of Hazel Crest, Illinois, to five years and ten months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $550,000 in small business loans under the CARES Act.