Legal News for Champaign, Illinois
United States of America v. Ana A. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully interfering with housing rights. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ, age 70, threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, but no one was... More...
(12-26-2025 - IL)Cheryl Lane, et al. v. Stericycle
Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Equal Pay Act violation theories Stericycle sells waste-disposal services to healthcare organizations and commercial businesses. Its sales department includes two divisions: a national division, serving corporate entities including pharmacies; and a hospital division, serving hospitals and integrated delivery netw... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Joseph Carpenter
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and activities relating to child pornography. Carpenter exchanged online messages with an undercover federal agent posing as the father of an eight-year-old girl. Carpenter requested sexually explicit photographs and videos of the daughter. He also advised the “father” on what me... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)Shrella Benton v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. AI Overview Common FCRA Violations & Penalties | Stein Saks, PLLC Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations involve credit bureaus (CRAs) or data furnishers messing up your credit report (like wrong balances, late payments, mixed files), not fixing disputes, reportin... More...
(12-23-2025 - IL)Ryan O'Donnell and Michael Goree v. City of Chicago and URT United Road Towing, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. After receiving a ticket in Chicago, a vehicle owner must pay in full, enter into an installment payment plan, or contest the violation. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 9-100-050. If the owner fails to pay or successfully contest the violation, the City of Chicago sends a noti... More...
(12-22-2025 - IL)Ramona Milan v. Selene Finance, L.P.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory. Ramona Milam is an Illinois homeowner who took out a mortgage loan. Selene Finance acts as the loan servicer, collecting her mortgage payments on behalf of the lender. When Milam missed payments in 2023, Selene sent her a letter internal practices prevented Selene from ... More...
(12-22-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Alvin Beasley
Urban, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)United States of America v. De’Adre L. Owens
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling meth and witness tampering. Ryan Castleman drove Charlie Anderson, a confidential informant, to Centralia, Illinois, to execute a controlled buy from De’Andre Owens. When they arrived, Detective Dukes searched Anderson, provided him with $275 and a handheld recording device, and instructed that he... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)Dustin Dean Cooper v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act theory under 15 U.S.C. 1681. AI Overview The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) protects consumers from inaccurate, unfair, and irrelevant information in their credit reports, safeguarding against identity theft, data breaches, and unfair denial of credit or employment by ensuring th... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Christopher Bruce
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in contraband articles.... More...
(12-19-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Annazette Collins
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements and willful failure to file return information. After a career in the Illinois state legislature, Annazette Collins began evading tax liability.... More...
(12-18-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Edward L. Stief
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions in criminal derived property. Edward L. Stief, Jr., age 42, met the victim in May 2023 after becoming acquainted with him while offering lawn care and landscaping services. Shortly thereafter, Stief used severa... More...
(12-18-2025 - IL)Tanya N. Svoboda and Antonella M. Ortiz Colosi v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Services, LLC
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2021CH04516 Tanya Svoboda and Antonella Ortiz Colosi used a Virtual Try-On feature through Amazon’s mobile site and app to virtually test facial products like lip-stick and eyewear.... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Alfredo Rollins
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)State of Illinois v. Rasheed Griffin
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault/handicapped, aggravated battery/public place; and aggravated battery/pregnant/handicapped. Rasheed Griffin, 23 of Calumet City, accused of sexually assaulted a 35-year-old woman.... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Raekwon M. Patton
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a makeshift weapon. On June 29, 2024, a correctional officer at FCI-Greenville conducted a pat search on Raekwon M. Patton, age 27, and discovered a makeshift weapon in his waistband. The weapon was a sharp, pointed piece of metal, approximately 7.5 inches in length and affixed to a wooden handle... More...
(12-17-2025 - il)United States of America v. Marcus “Slim” McKinney
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of fifty grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute, maintaining drug-involved premises, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. Marcus "Sim... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Stephen H. Keith
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perpetrating a wire fraud and identity theft scheme starting as early as August 2020 and continuing to August 2024. Stephen H. Keith, age 35, of East Peoria, Illinois ran a company called DeviceLyfe that was never registered with the State of Illinois. According to the indictment, Keith used that purported company ... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Jimil Parmar
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending a threatening letter to a spiritual mission in suburban Chicago. n July 2023, Jimil Parmar, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, mailed a letter to the Sant Nirankari Mission in West Chicago, Ill. The letter stated, “CANCEL US CANADA TOUR IMMEDIATELY SRS ATTACK PLANNED.” The threat coincided with the visit of ... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Jesse Herbig
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing nearly 900 grams of methamphetamine. Jesse Herbig, age 44, admitted that in 2022 he communicated with his drug supplier and arranged for a United States Postal Service Priority Express parcel which he knew contained methamphetamine to be shipped from Phoenix, Ariz. to an address in Rockford. The pack... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Labar Spann
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that terrorized the West Side of Chicago for two decades by committing murders, robberies, extortions, witness tampering, and drug dealing. The Four Corner Hustlers operated primarily in the Chicago neighborhoods of ... More...
(12-17-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Travis Thomas
Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud, or coercion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) and (b)(1); two counts of transporting a victim in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a); and two counts of coercing or enticing... More...
(12-16-2025 - IL)The People of the State of Illinois v. Abhijit Patel
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with murder. Abhijit Patel, 28, is accused of bludgeoning his father to death with a sledgehammer in the family home.... More...
(12-07-2025 - IL)In re MARRIAGE OF MICHAEL CALCAGNO and DAWN CALCAGNO
Wheaton, Illinois, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. Michael and Dawn Calcagno are married and, until recently, lived in the same marital home. In June 2025, the trial court granted Michael's motion for temporary exclusive possession of the marital residence pursuant to section 501(c-2) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS 5/501(c-2) (W... More...
(12-07-2025 - IL)United States of America v. Alex C. Thompson
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling and distributing controlled substances.... More...
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