Tag: Illinois
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…
Matthew T. Cosey, Methamphetamine Distribution, Illinois 2026
A Peoria man has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation. Matthew T. Cosey, 32, was convicted of two counts of distribution of methamphetamine and received concurrent sentences on each count. The evidence presented in court showed that Cosey delivered methamphetamine on two occasions in January…
Yaroslav Vishnevski, Manufacturing Unregistered Firearms, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Yaroslav Vishnevski, a 33-year-old former Harrisburg, Illinois resident, was convicted of manufacturing and possessing unregistered short-barreled rifles, silencers, and a shotgun with an obliterated serial number. The conviction came after a two-day trial and roughly 30 minutes of jury deliberation on June 9, 2026. Vishnevski’s troubles began in May 2024 when…
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…
Juan Pablo Garcia, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Cocaine, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Two Galesburg, Illinois men, Juan Pablo Garcia and Edgar Calderon, were involved in a large-scale methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking operation that brought kilograms of drugs from Texas to their hometown. Beginning in the spring of 2024, the duo conspired to distribute the drugs, with law enforcement conducting multiple controlled buys from…
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…
Michael E. McCay, Child Exploitation, Illinois 2024
⏱ 2 min read Michael E. McCay, a 33-year-old former Senior Airman stationed at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting minors and distributing images and videos of child sexual abuse material. The crimes occurred between April 2023 and January 2024, while McCay was…
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,…
Kenneth Joseph Coombs, Child Exploitation, Illinois 2016
A convicted sex offender from Illinois has been charged with a string of heinous crimes committed against minors in Nepal. Kenneth Joseph Coombs, 58, of Collinsville, Illinois, faces eight counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors and one count of committing those offenses while required to register as a sex offender. According to…
