CHICAGO ? A man has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison for violently carjacking two vehicles in Chicago. KASHIF DUKES, 29, of Chicago, took the vehicles at gunpoint in 2017 and 2018.??In the first carjacking, Dukes took a Mercedes-Benz sedan in Chicago?s Bronzeville...

FORT WAYNE ?Xavier M. Scott, 57 years old, of Douglasville, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime,..

HAMMOND- Herman Lamont Banks, 49 years old was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Banks was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by 2...

SOUTH BEND ? Angelica Ortiz, 37 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Ortiz was sentenced to 144 months in prison...