SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (STMW) – Former Country Club Hills Police Chief Regina Evans pleaded guilty Monday to fraud and money laundering charges related to the misuse of a $1.25 million state grant to a non-profit organization she ran with her husband, Ronald Evans Jr.
Evans, 50, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Sue Myerscough in Springfield, where she entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, three counts of wire fraud and seven counts of money laundering. Her sentencing is set for Oct. 15.
A status hearing for Ronald Evans, 46, Country Club Hills’ former inspector general, is set for Tuesday at the same courthouse. His trial on similar charges is scheduled to begin July 9.
Regina Evans, who was chief from 2009 to 2011, admitted that she used almost half of the state grant to pay off personal debt, including the mortgage on the Regal Theater building in Chicago, and as gifts to friends and family. The grant money, which the Evanses’ nonprofit received in September 2009, was to be used solely for job training and education for people who would be hired to restore the Regal Theater.
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