by Mike Pierga | Jul 29, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has released the identities of the individuals in custody who took control of a jail housing tier and injured another individual in custody. The office has also released video clips depicting the incident. At approximately 7:30 p.m....
by Mike Pierga | Jul 28, 2016 | Press Release
Four felony charges have been filed against a 21-year-old man who fought with Cook County Sheriff’s courtroom deputies trying to take him into custody, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Cook County Associate Judge Michael Kane had ordered DUI defendant Artavius...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 17, 2016 | Press Release
A 44-year-old man has been charged with armed robbery and home invasion that occurred in unincorporated Justice, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 4:50 a.m. on July 14, Cook County Sheriff’s Police received a report of a home...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 15, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that a Chicago Heights man has been arrested and charged after an undercover investigation by Sheriff’s Police found that he sold crack cocaine at the senior community where he lives. Last month, Cook County Sheriff’s...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 15, 2016 | Press Release
A man who had been cited in two previous Sheriff’s Police johns stings was arrested Thursday after his third run-in with a Sheriff’s Vice Unit undercover operation, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Terrence Murphy, 48, of Bellwood, had previously...