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Chicago Man Charged with Attempted Criminal Sexual Abuse

Chicago Man Charged with Attempted Criminal Sexual Abuse

A 60-year-old Chicago man has been charged with multiple felonies after he solicited an undercover Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer who was posing as a teenage boy on a dating app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The man, identified as Zasimo Bahonsua was...

Two Charged with Murder of Des Plaines Man

Two Charged with Murder of Des Plaines Man

Two teenagers have been charged with murder in connection with a man found shot to death in unincorporated Maine Township, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 28, Sheriff’s Police received a report of a person laying...

Sheriff’s Office Warns Public of Phone Scam

Sheriff’s Office Warns Public of Phone Scam

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn the public of a phone scam in which the caller identifies himself as “Sgt. Dennis Peterson” or “Lt. Jonathan Moore” and claims to be an employee the Sheriff’s Office. The calls have originated from multiple different...

Chicago Man Charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

Chicago Man Charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

A 40-year-old Chicago man has been charged with multiple felonies after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found he solicited an undercover officer posing as a teenage boy on a dating app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The man, identified as Jaime...

National Sex Buyer Stings Reach 10,000 Arrests

National Sex Buyer Stings Reach 10,000 Arrests

A national operation aimed at deterring johns and disrupting the online facilitation of sex trafficking made its 10,000th arrest since 2011 during the latest sting, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The 10,000th arrest was made during the 19th...