COOK COUNTY, IL – As gun ownership continues to rise dramatically, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with local children’s hospitals to distribute free gun locks to help keep firearms out of the hands of children, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department has been awarded a Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant to conduct additional traffic safety efforts, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The $122,220...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Child Rescue Unit (CRU) commemorated its 10th anniversary after finding more than 1,100 missing children. Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart created the unit in 2012 to dedicate time and effort to search for missing...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 49-year-old man has been charged in a hit-and-run accident that killed a Chicago man earlier this year, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In the early morning hours of June 28, Sheriff’s Police responded to Loyola University...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 49-year-old man now faces first-degree murder charges for beating his roommate to death in Northfield Township, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Oct. 18, Sheriff’s Police responded to a call at the 3600 block of Salem Walk in...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Jail’s men’s chess team finished 3rd in its division during the championship round of an intercontinental chess competition for detained individuals from nearly four dozen nations representing every continent except Antarctica,...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 49-year-old Bartlett man has been charged with possession of child pornography after investigators found he viewed numerous pornographic images and videos of children under the age of 13 on multiple social media apps, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J....
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago man now faces child pornography charges after Sheriff’s investigators found he had multiple pornographic videos of children on a media memory card, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At the time of his arrest on Oct. 4,...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is releasing images of several ruse burglary offenders and warning the public about the scheme following an incident in unincorporated New Trier Township. Sheriff’s Police responded to a ruse burglary on Sept. 1 in...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 42-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a June shooting in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 p.m. on June 9, Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded to the 1500...