The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a 23-year-old man who was on electronic monitoring for felony gun charges when he leapt from a balcony to escape officers. At approximately 11:20 a.m. on June 12th, Sheriff’s officers arrived at ... [Read More]
A detainee has been charged after a Sheriff’s Office investigation found he attacked a Cook County Jail staff member, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9:40 a.m. on Thursday in Division 9, the super-maximum security facility, detainee Peter Williams ... [Read More]
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today the launch of the Sheriff’s Opioid Addiction Recovery (SOAR) program to help address the county’s crippling opioid crisis through community-based treatment for detainees returning home. Opioid-related overdoses now kill ... [Read More]
A gun owner has been charged after a 5-year-old boy was accidently shot by another child this week in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 11:25 a.m. on June 4, Sheriff’s Police responded to the 1100 block of Drexel for a repor... [Read More]
