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Convicted Steger pusher hit with Hammond charge

by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com June 12, 2015 A former Crete-area man convicted of defrauding the state of Illinois and pushing heroin in Steger  is scheduled to appear in Will County Circuit court this afternoon in connection with a Lake County, Ind. warrant charging him with selling drugs. Will County Sheriff’s Police took Jeremiah Jesse Hicks […]

Crete murderer seeks reduced sentence

by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com Jan. 19, 2015 Two months after being sentenced in the brutal beating death of his disabled foster child, a 49-year-old Crete man is asking to serve less time. An appellate court defender was appointed to represent Fred D. Johnson II Friday after his request was denied in Will County Circuit Court. […]

Illinois AG: Convicted pusher bilked government

by Dennis Sullivan editor@ewcnews.com March 11, 2014    Will County Sheriff’s Police took Crete-area resident Jeremiah J. Hicks Jr., 26, into custody Wednesday on a warrant charging him with theft by deception, forgery, mail fraud and state benefits fraud. The Illinois Attorney General’s office filed the multiple-felony charge against Hicks, a resident of the 23600 block […]