Decatur police officers, suspect shot Two police officers and a suspect were shot early Wednesday during a traffic stop in Decatur. Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel said shots were fired after the officers made the st.
A federal judge Tuesday gave six months of home incarceration to the leader of a Chicago not-for-profit who admitted stealing more than a quarter-million dollars in economic-development grant money from the state of Illinois.
Yesse Yehudah, 74, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in February, admitting he scammed the state out of $261,476. He will spend 6 months in home incarceration and three years on probation.
The politically connected former leader of a Chicago not-for-profit escaped prison time Tuesday when a judge sentenced him to three years of probation for misappropriating more than a quarter of a million dollars in state grants.