The Office of Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and the Housing Authority of Cook County joined together this week to provide free turkeys to Housing Authority residents, just in time for Thanksgiving. The agencies provided 500 families on Monday afternoon. The families are... [Read More]
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that a Harvey man has been charged with possessing dogfighting equipment following a Sheriff’s Police investigation. Earlier this year, Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigators received information that 59-year-old Tyr... [Read More]
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart called today for an end to a dangerous and unjust bail system that allows violent people to pay their way to freedom while locking up the indigent and mentally ill simply because they don’t have cash. “With violent crime skyrocketing, t... [Read More]
The number of detainees at the Cook County Jail has dipped to 7,999, thanks in part to high numbers of accused offenders being sent home on electronic monitoring, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. That is the first time the Cook County Jail’s daily population has dro... [Read More]
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old girl from unincorporated Des Plaines. Guadalupe Sanchez was reported missing on Nov. 1. Guadalupe is approximately 5’6” tall and weighs approximately 140 pounds. She has should... [Read More]
