SOUTH BEND ? Colton Crawford, 33 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Crawford was sentenced to 84 months...

HAMMOND- Luis Carlos Marin, Jr., 31 years old, of Portage, Indiana, was sentenced by? United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.

CHICAGO ? Three men involved in an exchange of gunfire in a store parking lot in a Chicago suburb have been indicted on federal firearm violations. The indictment in U.S. District Court in Chicago accuses ANTHONY HAYES and JAMARI WILLIAMS of each firing multiple rounds at REGINALD DANIELS in the...

CHICAGO ? A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to traffic cocaine in Chicago. A jury last year convicted TEKOA Q. TINCH, 34, of Bloomington, Ill., of attempting to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. ?Tinch in May 2018 attempted...

PEORIA, Ill. ? A Peoria, Illinois, man, Don Young, Jr., 22, of the 2200 block of North Flora Ave., pleaded guilty on April 14, 2022, to possession of a machinegun, namely a loaded Glock Model 19, 9mm caliber pistol equipped with a select fire auto-sear converting it into a fully automatic weapon.