SOUTH BEND ? Freda Binder, age 43, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Ms. Binder was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 4 years of...

HAMMOND- Ralph Mendez, Jr., 24, of Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, including admitting responsibility for two homicides, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. In the plea agreement, the parties agree...

PEORIA, Ill. ? U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced Eugene Haywood, 26, to serve life plus 10 years in federal prison for his role in a Peoria street gang known as ?Bomb Squad? that operated as a criminal enterprise to commit murder and engage in gun violence in Peoria for years....