SOUTH BEND ? Isaiah Whitmore, age 27, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Whitemore was sentenced to 120 months in...

HAMMOND- Isaiah Chase, 29, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge James T. Moody following his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon.? Chase also admitted to violations of his federal supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II....

SOUTH BEND ? Jerry Harris, age 39, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after being found guilty of conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Harris was sentenced to 262 months in...

HAMMOND-Prince McNeil, 24, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Moody to 70 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.? ?? According to documents...

HAMMOND ? Bernard Anthony Graham, age 27, of University Park, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody upon his plea of guilty to assaulting a federal officer and for discharging a firearm during crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch...

ROCKFORD ? A superseding indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in Rockford adds new charges against FLOYD E. BROWN in connection with the killing of Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Jacob Keltner. Brown, 41, of Springfield, was originally charged with one count of killing a federal law...

CHICAGO ? A Chicago man who fired a gun into the grave of a murder victim during his burial service has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. During the Nov. 22, 2017, service at Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park, ELSTON STEVENSON drew a handgun and said words to the effect of, ?You...

HAMMOND- Lavell Gordon, 30, of Matteson, Illinois, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 120 months in prison following his guilty plea to one count of distribution of crack cocaine and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.?...