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Bloomington police to step up traffic enforcement on the Fourth of July
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — The Bloomington Police Department warned that they will step up traffic enforcement for the Fourth of July holiday this week. According to a Bloomington police news release, from July 2 to 8, officers will be working to keep impaired drivers off the road and ticket unbuckled motorists.
Rossi sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding former Bloomington employer
PEORIA, Ill. – The founder and CEO of Reditus Labs in Pekin has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for plotting to defraud his former employer. 25 News reports Aaron Rossi was also ordered to pay more than $3 million dollars in restitution and fines. He pleaded...
UPDATED: ‘greed, shame, hubris’ used by judge to describe Aaron Rossi’s actions
UPDATED (6:30 p.m.) — A federal judge wondered aloud if the former Reditus CEO will learn from his time at the Peoria County Jail and reflect upon what went wrong. The musings came just before Chief U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow handed down a five-year prison term for Aaron Rossi, 40, for defrauding his former employers, Central Illinois Orthopedic Surgery in Bloomington, out of more than $1 million.
Person dead following single-vehicle crash in Downs
The victim of a car crash Monday evening near Downs has been identified as 62-year-old Stanley Miller of Crystal Lake, Illinois. Crystal Lake is a northwest Chicago suburb in McHenry County. According to the McLean County coroner's office, Miller lost control of his vehicle at 8:44 p.m. Monday while driving...
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