A former suburban Chicago police chief is pleading guilty
again in a fraud scheme related to a $1.25 million state grant in 2009. Regina Evans of Country Club Hills where she was chief of
pleadedguilty in U.S. District Court to obstruction of justice, conspiracy and
witness tampering. She conspired with an unnamed person to create a false story
about job-search training conducted with the state grant through a
not-for-profit organization. She owned the group with her husband, Ronald
Evans. Regina Evans pleaded guilty to fraud in June and is scheduled to be
sentenced Oct. 15 and faces a maximum of more than 50 years in prison.