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Five arrested on 23 charges in Illinois State Police human trafficking crackdown. August 3, 2024 at 12:04 PM. Joshua Carter/Belleville News-Democrat. Five people were charged in Monroe County in a ...
Nic Flosi. August 2, 2024 at 3:55 PM. COLUMBIA, Ill. - Five men were arrested and charged in connection with a human trafficking operation in Monroe County, Illinois, following a two-day ...
All charges against Robert Blagojevich dismissed. [ 4] At retrial, found guilty of 11 charges of corruption related to Obama seat and 6 charges related to pay-to-play dealings for a hospital. Found not guilty of one count and jury deadlocked on one count of pay-to-play related to road construction. Jury deadlocked on one charge of fraud related ...
Another source reports Smith was arrested at least 42 times. [28] Smith was killed by a mob while in jail awaiting trial on charges of treason against Illinois. Jim Bakker - Created the PTL (Praise the Lord) organization. Convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges after illegally soliciting millions of dollars from his followers. [29]
Linda Taylor (born Martha Louise White; c. January 1926 – April 18, 2002) was an American woman who committed extensive welfare fraud and, after the publication of an article in the Chicago Tribune in fall 1974, became identified as the "welfare queen". Accounts of Taylor's activities were used by then-presidential candidate Ronald Reagan ...
The watchdog overseeing agencies under Gov. J.B. Pritzker has referred 177 cases to law enforcement in which there was “reasonable cause to believe” a state worker “improperly obtained” a ...
Sycamore, Illinois: Life in prison 5 years Yes After investigation of a cold case, in 2012 Jack McCullough was exonerated of murder, as it was decided his prosecution had been based on hearsay evidence and concealment of exculpatory evidence. FBI files proving he was nowhere near the scene at the time were excluded by the prosecution from evidence.
Corruption in Illinois. Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [ 1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [ 2] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California.