Illinois Interference Law
United States of America v. Antoine Larry
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Beau Brindley represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with commerce by threat or violence. Antoine Larry was serving as a patrol officer for the Phoenix, Ill. Police Department when he conspired with another officer to corruptly solicit cash and drugs from the occupants of vehicles during traffic ... More...
$ (01-21-2026 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Lee O. Griffin, Jr., Antonio T. Harris, Taneisha M. Davis, Patrick D. Johnson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Benton, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Brink's Truck Robbery in Madison </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Four Facing Federal Charges for Brink's Truck Robbery in Madison<br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lee O. Griffin, Jr., 23, of Cahokia Heights, is fa... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - IL)Andrew D. Coe v. Atkins </center
<h2><br> Chicago, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a prisoner civil rights Eight Amendment violation theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case involved the rare intersection of the Eighth Amendment and "Air Jordan" basketball shoes. According to the amended complaint, Plaintiff Andrew Coe is paralyzed below both ankles and cannot walk easily without leg braces support... More...
$0 (08-06-2024 - IL)<h1> United States of America v. Treveon J. Ramsey </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Committing Armed Robberies at Metro East Gas Stations </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Belleville Man Gets 20-Year Federal Prison Sentence for Committing Armed Robberies at Metro East Gas Stations </h2></center><br> <br> Tre... More...
$0 (05-15-2024 - IL)Claudia Diaz v. Hearthside Food Solutions, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for unpaid family and medical leave for permanent employees.<br> <br> (Sec. 101) Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have b... More...
$0 (01-11-2024 - IL)Henry Beverly v. Abbott Laboratories
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had n... More...
$0 (01-20-2024 - IL)Joseph A. Kafka and Todd Kafka v. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
New York City, New York commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a securities fraud theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Joseph A. Kafka and Todd Kafka (collectively, the "Kafkas†or "Plaintiffsâ€) bring this purported class action on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, against Wells Fargo Securities, LLC ("WFS†or "Defendantâ... More...
$0 (09-15-2023 - IL)United States of America v. John T. Coli, Sr.
Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence, requesting or demanding money or a thing of value, and making false or fraudulent statements.<br> <br> John T. Coli, Sr., 63 from Putman, Illinois pleaded guilty pursuant to a cooperation plea agreement in 2019 to one count of receiving a prohibited payment as a union officer ... More...
$0 (10-26-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Tobias Diggs and Jushua McClellan
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Tobias Diggs, age 28, of Chicago, and Joshua McClellan, age 32, of Oak Lawn, Illiois, robbed Razny Jewelers in Hinsdale, Ill., on the morning of March 17, 2017. More than $400,000 in merchandise was stolen during the heist, including watches by luxury brands Frederique Constant, Patek Phillipe, ... More...
$0 (03-07-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Janhoi Cole
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (Count 1) and heroin (Count 2) charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> I.<br> <br> A magistrate judge held a hearing on Cole's motion to <br> suppress. Evidence at the hearing included the trooper's police report and da... More...
$0 (01-10-2022 - IL)United States of America v. Mark McGill
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing child pornography charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In a prior case years ago, Mark McGill was convicted of possessing child pornography and sentenced to sixty-five months' imprisonment. In November 2014, he completed his prison sentence and began serving seven years... More...
$0 (11-15-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Antonio Edwards
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to rob cell phone stores.<br> <br> Antonio Edwards and two co-defendants engaged in a conspiracy to rob a series of cell phone stores in 2017. The crew conducted takeover-style robberies in which two or three robbers would enter a store and order employees to the back of the store at gunpoint. The robbers the... More...
$0 (04-27-2021 - IL)United States of America v. Jeffrey R. Tobolski
Chicago, IL - Criminal Law, Extortion, Tax Evasion<br> <br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chcago_Fed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The United States of America charged, Jeffrey R. Tobolski, age 55, with extortion and filing a false tax return.<br> <br> Defendant admitted in a plea agreement that during his tenures as mayor and Cook County Co... More...
$0 (09-08-2020 - IL)United States of America v. Willie B. Cochran
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL - Former City of Chicago Alderman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Charitable Funds to Pay Personal Expenses<br> <br> Former City of Chicago Alderman WILLIE B. COCHRAN was sentenced to a year and a day in federal... More...
$0 (06-25-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Laurie Helfer
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL - Suburban Tax Professional Guilty of Preparing and Filing More Than 160 Fraudulent Tax Returns<br> <br> A suburban tax professional has pleaded guilty to preparing and filing more than 160 fraudulent tax returns in an ... More...
$0 (04-27-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Willie B. Cochran
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL - City of Chicago Alderman Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charge for Using Charitable Funds to Pay Personal Expenses<br> <br> City of Chicago Alderman WILLIE B. COCHRAN pleaded guilty today to a federal fraud ch... More...
$0 (03-22-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Dazhai Q. Brumfield
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/MelvinPrice-web_4684335743658526040.png"><br> </center><br> East St. Louis, IL - Man Responsible for Centralia Robberies Gets Six and a Half Years in Prison<br> <br> Dazhai Q. Brumfield, 20, has been sentenced to serve 78 months in federal prison for his role in a string of violent robberies committed in 2017 in Centrali... More...
$0 (03-13-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Eddie C. Hicks
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL - Federal Jury Convicts Former Chicago Police Officer of Participating in Robbery and Extortion Crew<br> <br> A federal jury has convicted a former Chicago Police Department sergeant of participating in a robber... More...
$0 (03-16-2019 - IL)United States of America v. James Snyder
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL 0 Federal Jury Convicts Mayor of Portage, Ind., on Corruption Charge for Pocketing a Bribe to Influence City Contrac<br> <br> A federal jury convicted the mayor of Portage, Ind., on a corruption charge for solic... More...
$0 (02-15-2019 - IL)United States of America v. Narcellus, J. Trylor, Jr., Herman L. Doss, jr. and Mario J. Anderson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/_assets/_img/rock-court2.jpg"><br> </center><br> Rockford, IL - Three Chicago-Area Men Plead Guilty to Robberies of Rockford-Area Cell Phone Stores<br> <br> <br> NARCELLUS J. TAYLOR JR., also known as “J.T.,” 23, of Chicago, HERMAN L. DOSS JR., 27, of Dolton, and MARIO J. ANDERSON, 25, of Riverdale, admitted to conspiring with eac... More...
$0 (12-24-2018 - IL)United States of America v. Ronald T. Walker
Rock Island, IL - Rock Island Man Pleads Guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery<br> <br> Ronald T. Walker, 37, of Rock Island, Ill., pleaded guilty on Oct. 19, 2018, to one count of robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act. <br> <br> As part of his plea, Walker admitted that on Dec. 18, 2017, he arranged for the purchase from a drug dealer of a small amount of marijuana. Instead of purchasing the drugs, howev... More...
$0 (10-27-2018 - IL)Meryl Squires-Cannon, et al. v. Forest Preserve District of Cook County, et al.
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, has been trying to acquire a 400-acre estate in Barrington after the owners defaulted on a mortgage and note held by the Forest Preserve. The Forest Preserve foreclosed and then bought the property at the foreclosure auction. The original owners have expressed their opposition by filing five lawsuits of their own, in addition to raising af-fir... More...
$0 (07-26-2018 - IL)Joshua Vasquez and Miguel Cardona v. Kimberly M. Foxx
Joshua Vasquez and Miguel Cardona are convicted child sex offenders who live in Chicago and are required to register as sex offenders and comply with state restrictions on where they may live. For example, a child sex offender may not knowingly live within 500 feet of<br> 2 No. 17-1061<br> a school, playground, or child-care center. 720 ILL. COMP. STAT. 5/11-9.3(b-5), (b-10). A few years after Vas... More...
$0 (07-17-2018 - IL)Anthony Robinson and Timothy Spangler v. Albert Perales and Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Anthony Robinson and Timothy<br> Spangler, police officers employed by the University of Illinois<br> at Chicago Police Department (“Department”), brought claims<br> against the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and four<br> individuals for race‐based discrimination, harassment and<br> retaliation. The district court disposed of all but one of the<br> claims through summary judgme... More...
$0 (07-07-2018 - IL)Robert M. Kowalski v. Shauna Boliker
Robert Kowalski is dissatisfied with his<br> treatment by judges and sheriff’s personnel during his divorce<br> proceedings. He especially accuses an Illinois judge,<br> Shauna Boliker, of engaging in extrajudicial efforts designed<br> to prejudice the state court against him and in favor of her best<br> 2 No. 17‐1952<br> friend, Kowalski’s wife. While Kowalski’s allegations are troubl... More...
$0 (06-27-2018 - IL)Christopher Roberts, et al. v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, et al.
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis,<br> Congress created the Federal Housing Finance Agency<br> (the Agency) and authorized it to place into conservatorship<br> two critical government‐sponsored enterprises—the Federal<br> National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan<br> Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Fannie Mae and<br> 2 No. 17‐1880<br> Freddie Mac. 12 U.... More...
$0 (05-07-2018 - IL)Sara Sampra v. United States Department of Transportation
Sara Sampra sued her employer,<br> the United States Department of Transportation, alleging that<br> it interfered with her rights under the Family and Medical<br> Leave Act by reassigning her to a different position after she<br> returned from childbirth leave. The district court granted<br> summary judgment for the defendant on the merits, finding<br> that Sampra was offered essentially the same... More...
$0 (04-24-2018 - IL)In Re: Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation
Plaintiffs‐appellants brought this<br> collective and class action lawsuit against Jimmy John’s1 on<br> behalf of all assistant store managers nationwide for violations<br> of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Although the<br> vast majority of plaintiffs work in stores owned by franchisees,<br> 2 they claim that Jimmy John’s is their joint employer.<br> 1 The Jimmy John’s corp... More...
$0 (12-14-2017 - IL)LaWanda King v. Ford Motor Company
LaWanda King worked for many<br> years as an assembler in Ford Motor Company’s vehicle assembly<br> plants. After transferring to its Chicago plant in 2010,<br> though, she claims that she was sexually harassed by a super‐<br> * Of the Northern District of Indiana, sitting by designation.<br> 2 No. 16‐3391<br> visor, after which she began getting reassigned to less desirable<br> task... More...
$0 (10-02-2017 - IL)Michelle Frakes v. Peoria School District No. 150
Michelle Frakes was honorably<br> dismissed from her job as a special education teacher at Peoria<br> School District No. 150 (”Peoria”) in a voluntary reduction of<br> force. Because Frakes had received “unsatisfactory” ratings as<br> a teacher, state law placed her on the schedule of teachers to<br> be dismissed. Displeased, Frakes filed a lawsuit against Peoria<br> 2<br> No. 15‐30... More...
$0 (09-27-2017 - IL)United States of America v. Enkhchimeg Ulzubayar "Eni" Edwards
Defendant‐Appellant<br> Enkhchimeg Ulziibayar Edwards goes by the nickname Eni<br> Edwards. She was charged with two counts of witness tampering<br> in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3) (Counts I and II)<br> and two counts of making false statements on an official questionnaire<br> for federal employment in violation of 18 U.S.C.<br> 2 No. 16‐2253<br> § 1001(a)(2) (Counts III and I... More...
$0 (08-27-2017 - IL)Autumn Tibbs v. Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
Plaintiff Autumn Tibbs worked<br> as an administrative assistant in the Illinois court system. She<br> was suspended the day she returned to work after taking<br> leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29<br> U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq. She was then fired after she chose not to<br> attend a disciplinary meeting. Tibbs sued the Administrative<br> Office of the Illinois Courts. She conte... More...
$0 (06-19-2017 - IL)Joseph S. McGreal v. The Village of Orlando Park
On June 28, 2010, Joseph McGreal<br> was fired from his position as a police officer with the Orland<br> Park Police Department. Thereafter, he sued the Village<br> of Orland Park and three members of the police department—<br> Chief of Police Timothy McCarthy, Lieutenant Patrick<br> Duggan, and Lieutenant James Bianchi—claiming that the<br> defendants violated his First Amendment rights by fi... More...
$0 (03-07-2017 - IL)<b>PATRICK JOSEPH CARNEY v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY</b>
The record discloses the following undisputed facts. In the spring of 2006, defendant invited various contractors to submit bids in connection with the purchase and removal of three abandoned railroad bridges that spanned Arthington, Polk, and Lexington Streets in Chicago. Among those invited to bid was Happ’s, Inc., a scrap contractor that had worked with defendant and other railroads for 25 ye... More...
$0 (11-20-2016 - Il)United States of America v. John Bills
Chicago, IL - Former City of Chicago Transportation Official Sentenced to Ten Years for Corruption in Awarding of Red-Light Camera Contracts<br> <br> The former assistant transportation commissioner for the city of Chicago was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving the city’s red-light camera contracts.<br> <br> A jury in January convicted JOHN BIL... More...
$2032959 (08-31-2016 - IL)United States of America v. Jonathan Michael Malone
East Saint Louis, IL - Glen Carbon Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery<br> <br> Jonathan Michael Malone, 53, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East Saint Louis, Illinois for armed robbery. Malone was charged with Interference of Commerce by Robbery, with Brandishing a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence, and with Unlawful Possession of a F... More...
$0 (07-14-2016 - IL)United States of America v. LaMarcus D. Jackson
Belleville, IL - Cahokia Man Sentenced To Over 44 Years In Prison For Armed Robberies<br> <br> Cases Were Brought as part of the United States Attorney’s Office Anti-Robbery Initiative<br> <br> LaMarcus D. Jackson, 29, of Cahokia, Illinois was sentenced to 44 ½ years in prison on a six-count indictment charging him with two counts of Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery and Interfer... More...
$0 (06-16-2016 - IL)United States of America v. Kelton Sydner
Decatur Man Enters Guilty Pleas to Hobbs Act Robbery, Gun Crimes<br> <br> Urbana, Ill. – A Decatur, Ill., man, Kelton Snyder, 23, appeared today in federal court in Urbana and entered open pleas of guilty to three of the four charges against him. Snyder admitted that he committed the April 3, 2015, armed robbery of the Circle K convenience store at 1685 South Baltimore in Decatur, that he brandi... More...
$0 (03-07-2016 - IL)People Of Illinois v. Cacini
This cause arose from defendant’s arrest during the early morning hours of April 20, <br> 2010, after Officers Rigan and O’Shaughnessy confronted defendant while he was in his car, a <br> struggle ensued, and he sped away. At the February 2012 trial, Officers Rigan and O’Shaughnessy testified that they were <br> working the midnight shift on the date of the incident. They were in an unmark... More...
$0 (12-14-2015 - IL)United States of America v. Antwyne Warren
East St. Louis, IL - Centreville Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy, Attempted Robbery, Possession of Heroin, and a Firearm Offense<br> <br> Antwyne Warren, 38, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge David R. Herndon to 120 months in federal prison for four felonies he committed in July 2013: (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; (2) att... More...
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