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VOLUME 8 • ISSUE 7
11512 N. 2nd ST. • MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Chicago man sentenced for illegally buying guns in Indiana A Chicago man has been sentenced to four and a half years in federal prison for illegally buying 17 handguns in Indiana and bringing them across the border to Chi-
Bank teller sentenced to 15 months in prison for embezzling $180,000
A former teller at a South Side bank has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for gradually embezzling approximately $180,000 in bank funds. Patrick Galvan worked as a teller at Chicago Community Bank in the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood. Galvan pocketed cash from his teller drawer and concealed the theft by falsely inflating the amount of coins held in the bank’s vault. Galvan took the money over a two-and-a-half year period, occasionally processing coins through a coin counter at his teller station in order to give the appearance that he was handling large amounts of coins from customers. Galvan, 39, of Chicago, pleaded guilty last year to one count of embezzlement. U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey on Wednesday imposed the 15-month prison sentence. The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Jeffrey S. Sallet, Special Agentin-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Joseph Moriarty, Special Agent-inCharge of the Chicago Regional Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - Office of Inspector General. “This was a serious, calculated, and deliberate crime, and the defendant took advantage of the trust placed in him by his employer to pull it off,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet S. Bhachu argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum. In addition to his teller duties, Galvan managed the bank’s coin accounts and was responsible for reporting the total amount of coins present in the vault. Galvan admitted in a plea declaration that he pocketed the cash and falsely reported the coin total from 2008 to 2010.
Cordelle J. Miller sentenced for armed robbery Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Cordelle J. Miller, 28, plead guilty to the offense of Armed Robbery, a Class X Felony, following a negotiated plea on January 26, 2018 before the Honorable Judge Robert A. Wilbrandt. Miller was sentenced to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on the charge of Armed Robbery. On March 6, 2014, Miller entered a 7-Eleven convenience store located in the Village of Cary while armed with a dangerous weapon, and took U.S. currency from a store employee by threatening the imminent use of force. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Victor Escarcida.
cago. Ricky Hatch, also known as “Rick Hatchet” and “Ricky Hatchet,” purchased the firearms from an unlicensed individual in a parking lot in Bloomington, Ind., on three occasions in February 2015. In the first sale, Hatch recruited a resident of Indianapolis, Ind., to serve as the ostensible buyer. The seller reviewed the Indiana resident’s driver’s license and listed some of her information on a purported “firearms bill of sale”
before selling the guns to Hatch in exchange for cash. Although the Indiana resident did not accompany Hatch to the next two transactions, Hatch used aliases in those deals to conceal his identity. After each purchase, Hatch brought the guns to Chicago. The Chicago Police Department has subsequently recovered five of the guns from individuals other than Hatch. Hatch, 25, pleaded guilty last year to unlawful interstate trans-
portation of firearms. On Jan. 18, 2018, U.S. District Judge Ronald A. Guzman imposed a 55-month prison sentence. The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Celinez Nunez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and Eddie Johnson, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.
“The impact of firearms brought from Indiana and sold to individuals in Illinois is well documented,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian S. Wallach argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum. “Defendant’s actions, and those like him who bring gun after gun into this city, are fueling the violence that we read about on a daily basis.” The government was represented by Mr. Wallach and Assistant U.S. Attorney Katie M. Durick.
Visiting youngsters
MCHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF PHOTO McHenry County News
McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputies visited with students in Huntley last week. They discussed many things including stranger danger and when to call 911. They also got a chance to see a squad car.