Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that two maximum security detainees have been charged for taking control of a jail housing unit and injuring another detainee. In connection with last month’s incident, Cordarryl Stevenson, 27, has been charged with posses... [Read More]
A maximum security detainee has been charged again with aggravated battery to staff after a Sheriff’s Office investigation found that the detainee threw feces at a correctional deputy for the second time within a week, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Accordi... [Read More]
More than 1,300 sex buyers – a record – were arrested across 18 states in this summer’s National Johns Suppression Initiative aimed at reducing sex trafficking, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The operation by a national coalition of law enforcement... [Read More]
People arrested for minor traffic offenses and small-volume drug cases will no longer spend months in Cook County Jail under legislation Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Friday. Following last year’s successful “Rocket Docket” pilot project designed to move non-violent offende... [Read More]
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has released additional video in which detainees took control of a jail housing unit and injured another detainee. According to the Sheriff’s Office investigation, at approximately 4:30 p.m. July 28, Division 10 detainees Martin Alvarado ... [Read More]
A Cook County Jail detainee has been charged with aggravated battery to staff after an investigation found he threw feces and struck a Cook County correctional deputy, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to a Sheriff’s Office investigation at approximately 1:... [Read More]
An Arlington Heights man has been charged with first degree murder after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found that he shot and killed his wife, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1:45 p.m. on July 31, Sheriff’s Police responded to repo... [Read More]
