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Federal authorities in Chicago are targeting gun traffickers with a “strike force” unveiled earlier this year – and they say they’re willing to supersede local decisions with additional federal charges if they believe it’s warranted.

A man convicted of selling guns out of his bedroom to Chicago gang members was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison last week. David Santiago, 39, pleaded guilty last year to two counts of illegal possession of firearms, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois said in a statement. The sentence was handed down April 15….

A Peoria man has been indicted on federal charges after allegedly threatening to commit violence against several high-profile public officials, including former President Donald Trump and the former U.S. Attorney for Illinois’ Central District. According to a press release, Damien Grant, 33, is facing three counts of influencing a federal official by threat, along with multiple counts of mailing threatening…

The number of vaccinated Americans is rising, but the country’s top infectious disease expert is concerned about Americans who are reluctant to be vaccinated. Polls suggest supporters of former President Trump are more likely to decline vaccination.

A Woodridge investment manager who was charged with fraud has been extradited back to Chicago after fleeing to Indonesia.

A suburban Chicago man who was arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Democrats during President Joe Biden’s inauguration was on the FBI’s radar for months before his arrest, according to a criminal complaint.

A suburban Chicago man has been arrested for allegedly “threatening to commit violence” during the upcoming presidential inauguration, accused of stating in a voicemail plans to “kill any [expletive] Democrat” that steps on the White House lawn, according to a criminal complaint. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando.

A former office manager of a construction company in southwest suburban Lemont is accused of stealing more than $2 million from the company to fund a lavish lifestyle that included travel and a private horse farm. Mildred Crowley, 72, is charged with one count of wire fraud after she allegedly opened a corporate credit card and used it to charge…

An employee of a Chicago company allegedly stole his employer’s computer equipment and sold it to resellers for $500,000.

The owner of a chain of nursing homes and the company’s vice president are accused of defrauding investors of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme. Zvi Feiner, 50, of Chicago, is charged with ten counts of wire fraud while Erez Baver, 40, is facing one count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of...