Cook County Sheriff's Police recovered two loaded firearms and arrested two people after a traffic stop in the Garfield Park neighborhood, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on March 4, a Sheriff's Police patrol conducting street crime...
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Fugitive Apprehended in Georgia
At 11:20 p.m. Friday, fugitive Garrett Glover was apprehended without incident in Lithonia, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. He was arrested in the apartment of a person suspected to be a relative's girlfriend and was...
Information Sought in Armed Robbery
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who robbed a gas station in unincorporated Palatine Township. At approximately 3 a.m. on Feb. 14, Sheriff’s Police received a report of a masked male offender armed with a...
National Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Sting Nets Over 700 Sex Buyers and 29 Pimps/Traffickers
In an effort to target and reduce sex trafficking, a national coalition of law enforcement agencies conducted coordinated sting operations that led to 752* arrests, including 723 sex buyers (or “johns”) and 29 pimps or sex traffickers. In its 13th operation, the...
Information Sought in Cemetery Shooting
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who shot a man at a cemetery. At approximately 2:50 p.m. on Feb. 4, a 36-year-old Chicago man, who had attended a funeral, was shot multiple times at the Oakridge Cemetery,...
Sheriff’s Office Conducting DUI, Seatbelt Enforcement Super Bowl Weekend
Cook County Sheriff’s Police are scheduled to conduct enhanced patrols this weekend, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s Police are conducting countywide DUI enforcement patrols today, Saturday and Sunday nights. They will also be on the lookout for...
Unidentified Victims of John Wayne Gacy
Six victims of the serial killer John Wayne Gacy remain unidentified. Originally recovered from Gacy's residence in late 1978 and early 1979, the remains of six Gacy victims have never been identified. DNA technology has advanced to supplement the techniques used...
Sheriff, Clerk of Circuit Court Expand Jail Individual in Custody Bond Posting Locations to Suburban Courthouses
The public may now post bond for Cook County Jail individuals in custody at suburban district courthouses, in addition to the current bonding location at Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. As of Jan. 17, 2017, bond may be posted for jail...
Stolen Weapon Among Recovered Firearms, Two Arrested in Ford Heights
Cook County Sheriff’s Police recovered firearms with loaded magazines – one of which had been reported stolen --and arrested two people during a traffic stop in Ford Heights, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 3:25 p.m. on Jan. 21, a Sheriff’s...
Unjust Incarceration
A NOTE ON UNJUST INCARCERATION Our nation’s jails hold more than 731,000 people on any given day. More than 7,500 are right here in Cook County Jail – the largest single-site jail in the United States. With over five million people, Cook County is the America’s...