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The drugs were transported to Chicago in the hollowed-out wheel axles of tractor-trailers.

PayCourt, a government collections company, has been named one of the Best Workplaces in Illinois for 2024 by Best Companies Group. The company earned a 97% overall score in the workplace assessment. [PR.com]

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KATRAIL BRIDGES participated in the robberies of electronic stores in DeKalb, Ill. and Cherry Valley, Ill. 

ZIAD I. ZAYED used his store in Crestwood, Ill. to fence stolen electronic devices and other merchandise.

Home security footage depicted LAWNDALE PELTS in possession of a firearm as he fled the scene of a shooting.

A federal jury convicted KEVIN SMITH of all five bank fraud counts against him.

While serving as a Commander with the Gary Police Department, JAMES W. BOND allegedly coerced a minor to produce sexually explicit conduct.

ADAM R. OLIVA defrauded more than ten clients.

SUMMER MATHESON and TERRENCE EWING, co-managers of Laynie Foundation Inc., along with foundation employee RICHARD GRUNDY, used the Matteson, Ill.-based foundation to seek payment from Illinois Medicaid for non-reimbursable activities.

The six-month pilot program encourages voluntary self-disclosure of criminal conduct by individual participants in certain non-violent offenses.

ROGELIO IBARRA and other Insane Unknowns gang leaders distributed cocaine for sale on the streets of Rockford.

RENARD MACKLIN illegally possessed an AR-15 rifle and a semiautomatic handgun, both of which were loaded.

DENNIS W. HAGGERTY, JR. issued payments from the company’s bank account for services and goods that were never provided.

WILLIAM R. BUSSE III allegedly distributed cocaine and methamphetamine in Chicago and attempted to distribute cocaine and fentanyl in the Chicago suburbs.

JEFFREY SULASKI allegedly robbed a bank in Evanston, Ill. and attempted to rob a bank in Chicago on back-to-back days this month.

The jury found OMARI ANDREWS, JR. guilty of possessing an AR-15 style firearm and three handguns while trafficking narcotics in Mt. Prospect, Ill.

JEREMIAH JOHNSON obtained more than $1.47 million of income from the operation of three businesses but failed to report the money on his individual tax returns.

CHRISTOPHER YATES allegedly recruited a man to carry out the killings and provided him with a handgun and ammunition.

ALEX NITCHOFF conspired to bribe an employee of the Cook County Assessor’s Office in return for favorable property assessments.