Straw purchasing cases present special challenges to prosecutors. They have been characterized as “paperwork” crimes that simply involve lying on a form, as Jamel Danzy did.
Federal prosecutors are seeking a stiff five-year prison sentence for the so-called straw purchaser of the gun used to kill Chicago Police Officer Ella French and seriously wound her partner insisting that the man “shares blame for what happened to those officers.”
The former elected supervisor of Plainfield Township pleaded guilty Monday to stealing almost $1.4 million over a six-year period from a private firm where he served as CFO while also holding office.
A former DePaul University student was sentenced to 7 ½ years for using his computer skills to help the Islamic State terrorist group spread violent propaganda on social media.