PEORIA, Ill. ? A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dontarius S. Dixon, 29, of the 2800 block of West Larchmont Lane, was sentenced today to nine months? imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm. At the sentencing...

HAMMOND- Matthew Burton, 20 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Burton was sentenced to 24 months in...

HAMMOND- Raheri Boyd, 45 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon, on his plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson. Boyd was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed...

CHICAGO ? A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity that included the murder of a rival gang member. LUIS CONTRERAS, 42, of Chicago, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a federal charge of...

ROCKFORD ? A federal grand jury in Rockford has indicted a Loves Park man on drug and firearm offenses. ORENTHO HURD, 27, is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, possession of a machine gun, and possession of a...

PEORIA, Ill. ? A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against Anthony Tony Gay, of the 1200 block of 14th St., in Rock Island, Illinois, for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. Sentencing for Gay has been scheduled for September 16, 2022, at the federal courthouse in Peoria...