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BRENT TOPPERT, 43, of Morrison, Ill., embezzled more than $55,000 from the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America.

DAJUAN MARTIN used fictitious customer names to fraudulently generate the vouchers without the airline’s knowledge.

MICHAEL PORTER surreptitiously recorded videos of nude boys inside the locker room at three Chicago-area YMCAs.

YASHMINE ODOM and his co-conspirators carried out two violent robberies.

BRANDON T. HANAHAN, 26, of Bridgeview, Ill., pleaded guilty earlier this year to child pornography charges.

CHRISTOPHER MIKE GARBOWSKI, of Sterling Heights, Mich., conducted illegal charter operations on Lake Michigan and the Chicago River.

JAVIER GONZALEZ-VALENZUELA, 47, of Sonora, Mexico, is charged with second-degree murder and assault.

REGINALD DEBERRY robbed a Fifth Third Bank branch in Chicago’s Loop neighborhood on Nov. 22, 2019.

MIGUEL ASCENCIOS, of Burr Ridge, Ill., used social media to receive and share computer files depicting child pornography.

LEE TURNER, also known as “Ashley Turner,” 40, of Joliet, Ill., communicated threats to the victim, who was in his seventies and had limited vision.

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR and his co-conspirators carried out violent robberies, using firearms to terrorize store employees.

THOMAS E. DUNCAN received thousands of dollars in kickbacks.  He will be sentenced on Nov. 30, 2023.