Tag: Chicago
David W. Brown, Wire Fraud, Illinois 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scam in Chicago has landed a local man in federal prison for nearly eight years. David W. Brown, 56, orchestrated a massive utility fraud scheme, arranging for free electricity and natural gas services to be provided to over 2,000 properties in the Chicago area from 2017 to 2024. Brown…
Antoine Larry, Conspiracy, Illinois 2020
⏱ 2 min read A former suburban Chicago police officer has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for conspiring to steal cash and drugs from occupants of vehicles during traffic stops. Antoine Larry, 50, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, was serving as a patrol officer for the Phoenix, Ill. Police Department when he…
Andrew Vesely, Car Theft, Illinois 2022
⏱ 2 min read On January 31, 2022, Andrew Vesely, a suburban Chicago man, attempted to flee from law enforcement in Posen, Illinois, when they tried to arrest him for outstanding felony warrants and suspected car theft. Vesely, who had two outstanding felony arrest warrants, jumped into a stolen Jeep and struggled with a DEA…
Efrain Jacobo, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Illinois 2024
⏱ 2 min read Efrain Jacobo, a 44-year-old suburban Chicago man, was busted in a series of undercover transactions in Joliet, Illinois, where he sold methamphetamine, cocaine, and seven firearms to undercover law enforcement officers in the fall of 2024. The sting operation led to the discovery of over 150,000 grams of meth and 1,800…
Christopher Martin, Child Pornography Transportation, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Martin, a 46-year-old from Markham, Illinois, operated an online chat group that shared large amounts of child pornography. The group, which was hosted on the instant-messaging mobile application Kik, had a simple rule: members had to constantly share photos and videos of child pornography to stay in the group. Martin,…
Diego Emmanuel Reyes, Assaulting a Federal Officer, Illinois 2025
⏱ 2 min read On October 4, 2025, Diego Emmanuel Reyes, 21, allegedly rammed his SUV into a vehicle driven by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on the Southwest Side of Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz. The agent was engaged in official duties when the incident occurred. Reyes, of Chicago, used his…
Dirk Hugo, Illegal Possession of a Firearm, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Dirk Hugo, a 49-year-old man from Arlington Heights, IL, was found with a loaded handgun in his waistband and a bulletproof vest in a parking garage on May 1, 2024. This incident occurred just a month after he was involved in an assault at a Glenview, IL motel, where he allegedly…
Narveal Raggs, Loaded Firearm Possession, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen burglary attempt in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood went south when Narveal Raggs, 27, was caught with a loaded handgun equipped with a ‘switch’ device, essentially turning it into a machine gun. The would-be thief and his accomplices tried to break into a store in the 2600 block of North…
James C. Lake, Jr., Illegal Possession of a Firearm, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read James C. Lake, Jr., a 53-year-old Chicago man, walked into the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago on a Monday morning with a loaded semiautomatic handgun, a box cutter, and a jackknife in his bookbag. The incident occurred around 7:40 a.m. in the lobby of the building, which houses several federal…
Raed Naser, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Raed Naser, a 41-year-old suburban Chicago businessman, has been charged with orchestrating a pair of fraud schemes that netted him over $4 million. The schemes involved submitting false invoices for nonexistent freight shipping and selling bakery franchises to an unsuspecting buyer after fraudulently inflating their value. Naser, who owned a freight…
