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2010 News and Press Releases
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December 2010
December 21, 2010
Grand Jury Indicts East Peoria Man Charged with Receipt of Child PornographyDecember 21, 2010
Coles County Man Sentenced to 21 Years, 10 Months in Prison for Child Pornography OffensesDecember 21, 2010
Kankakee Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for Producing, Trading Child PornographyDecember 16, 2010
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of Illinois Collects $7.5 Million in FY 2010December 10, 2010
Former Rantoul, Ill. Man Charged with Fraud; Tax EvasionDecember 10, 2010
California Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Central Illinois ‘Ponzi’ Fraud SchemeDecember 9, 2010
Professional Duck Hunter Charged With Guiding Illegal Waterfowl Hunts In Central IllinoisDecember 9, 2010
Grand Jury Indicts Former Student for Alleged Bomb Threats at Western Illinois UniversityDecember 2, 2010
Owners Of Defunct Wildwood Industries SentencedNovember 2010
November 16, 2010
Suspended Student Arrested, Charged with Making Bomb Threat at Western Illinois UniversityOctober 2010
October 29, 2010
Trial Date Scheduled for Iowa Man Charged with Providing False Information Related to Terrorist HoaxOctober 29, 2010
Kankakee Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Child PornographyOctober 27, 2010
Election Officers Designated in Central District of IllinoisOctober 26, 2010
Trial Set for Urbana Man Charged with Receiving, Possessing Child PornographyOctober 19, 2010
Grand Jury Charges St. Louis Man with Possession with Intent to Distribute More Than 5 Kilos of CocaineOctober 15, 2010
Former Environmental Coordinator for John Deere Pleads Guilty to Violations of Clean Water ActOctober 13, 2010
Springfield Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for eBay Fraud, Making False StatementsOctober 13, 2010
Paxton Man Arrested, Charged with Sexual Abuse of Jail InmateOctober 8, 2010
Rock Island Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Producing Child PornographyOctober 7, 2010
Springfield Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Distributing EcstasyOctober 7, 2010
Danville Man Sentenced To 40 Years In Federal Prison For Producing, Advertising Child PornographyOctober 6, 2010
Springfield Woman Charged with Concealing Assets; False Statements in Bankruptcy FilingsOctober 6, 2010
Eight Peoria Men Charged with Federal Gun CrimesOctober 4, 2010
Former Practicing Pediatrician Sentenced for Theft Related to Health CareOctober 1, 2010
Jury Convicts Decatur Real Estate Broker Of Mortgage Loan FraudSeptember 2010
September 20, 2010
Former East Central Illinois Youth Pastor Indicted, Charged With Sexual Exploitation Of ChildrenSeptember 3, 2010
Trial Set for Kankakee Man Charged with Possession of a Firearm by a FelonSeptember 2, 2010
Champaign Man Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Possession Of Child PornographySeptember 2, 2010
Retired Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Pleads Guilty to ‘Ponzi’ Fraud SchemeAugust 2010
August 31, 2010
Dewitt County Man Charged With Receipt Of Child PornographyAugust 20, 2010
Springfield Man Sentenced To Prison For Possession Of Child PornographyAugust 18, 2010
Kankakee Man Pleads Guilty to Producing, Trading Child PornographyAugust 10, 2010
California Man Pleads Guilty To Central Illinois ‘Ponzi’ Fraud SchemeAugust 5, 2010
Canton Man Charged with Sending, Receiving Child PornographyAugust 4, 2010
Former Bank Branch Manager Charged with EmbezzlementAugust 4, 2010
Grand Jury Indicts Macoupin County Man Charged with Possessing Child PornographyAugust 3, 2010
Pittsburgh-Area Brothers Sentenced To Prison For Leading Multi-Kilo Marijuana Trafficking OrganizationAugust 2, 2010
Four Henry County Men Arrested, Charged With Methamphetamine Manufacturing ConspiracyJuly 2010
July 28, 2010
Grand Jury Indicts Bank Employee and Associates in Alleged Scheme to Cash Fraudulent ChecksJuly 1, 2010
Danville Area Businessman Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Tax Fraud ConspiracyJune 2010
June 28, 2010
Former Owner of Kankakee Payroll Processing Company Pleads Guilty to FraudJune 24, 2010
Rock Island Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child PornographyJune 23, 2010
Three Quad City Men Charged In Alleged Cocaine Trafficking ConspiracyJune 23, 2010
Hancock County Man Arrested, Charged with Receipt, Possession of Child PornographyJune 22, 2010
Statement of James A. Lewis Upon Senate Confirmation as United States AttorneyJune 21, 2010
Three Kankakee Area Men Charged With Clean Air Act Violations Involving AsbestosJune 21, 2010
Raymond Man Sentenced To 12.5 Years In Federal Prison For Receipt, Possession Of Child PornographyJune 10, 2010
North Carolina Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Receiving Child PornographyJune 9, 2010
Jacksonville Man Convicted for Distributing Crack CocaineJune 1, 2010
Champaign Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Receiving, Possessing Child PornographyMay 2010
May 25, 2010
Decatur Pediatrician Pleads Guilty to Theft Related to Health Care and Agrees to Surrender Medical LicenseMay 18, 2010
Former Police Chief Sentenced to 63 Months in Federal Prison for Fraud in ‘Shake Down’ Prostitution StingApril 2010
April 27, 2010
Retired Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Charged in Alleged ‘Ponzi’ Fraud SchemeApril 1, 2010
Inmate Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Making Violent Threats To Judges, ProsecutorsMarch 2010
March 17, 2010
Jury Convicts Kankakee Woman For Bankruptcy FraudMarch 17, 2010
Grand Jury Charges Mattoon Man with Child Pornography OffensesMarch 11, 2010
Springfield Man Sentenced For Bank Robberies In Decatur And ShermanMarch 11, 2010
Two Former Wildwood Industries Employees, Accountant Enter Guilty Pleas In Fraud ConspiracyMarch 3, 2010
Peoria Man Arrested, Charged with Defrauding IRS, ClientsMarch 2, 2010
Project Safe Neighborhood: Kankakee Man Sentenced to 21 Years in PrisonFebruary 2010
February 19, 2010
Rantoul Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Crack Cocaine OffenseFebruary 19, 2010
Rock Island Sex Offender Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Receiving, Possessing Child PornographyFebruary 19, 2010
Project Safe Neighborhood: South Suburban Chicago Man Charged In Armed Robberies Of Convenience StoresFebruary 12, 2010
Jury Convicts Champaign Man For Receiving, Possessing Child PornographyFebruary 1, 2010
Former Lincoln City Clerk Sentenced for EmbezzlementJanuary 2010
January 11, 2010
Loami Man Sentenced For Child Porn OffensesJanuary 7, 2010
Springfield Man Convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute CocaineJanuary 6, 2010
Grand Jury Charges Springfield Woman With Identity TheftJanuary 6, 2010
Champaign Man Charged With Failure To Update Sex Offender RegistrationJanuary 6, 2010
Grand Jury Charges Iowa Man Previously Charged And Michigan Man With Arson Of Hamilton, Ill Grocery StoreJanuary 6, 2010
Grand Jury Charges Kankakee Business, Owner With Structuring $6.4 Million In Cash Deposits, Money Laundering