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...
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Man Charged in Justice Home Invasion
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...
Man Charged with Selling Drugs at Senior Housing Complex
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...
Man Arrested for Solicitation After Caught in Sheriff’s Vice Sting For the Third Time
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...
Cook County Jail Individual in Custody Diagnosed with Apparent Isolated Case of Legionnaires’ Disease
This afternoon, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Cermak Health Services, a division of the Cook County Health and Hospital System, that a individual in custody who has been hospitalized since July 6 with pneumonia like symptoms has tested positive for...
Four Charged in Palos Park Home Invasion
Four people have been charged with 1st degree murder and home invasion, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Tuesday July 5th, at approximately 10:30p.m., Sheriff’s Police responded to an alleged home invasion on the 11000 block of West 118th Street...
Man Charged For the Murder of His Cousin in Ford Heights
A 20-year-old Ford Heights man has been charged with 1st degree murder after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found that he shot and killed his cousin, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s Police investigators found that on 10:30 a.m. on...
Elderly Woman with Dementia Found Outside Jail; Returned Home
An 80-year-old woman with dementia missing for more than a day has been reunited with her caregiver thanks to the work of two Cook County Sheriff Correctional officers. On routine bike patrol around the Cook County Jail Wednesday, Officers Edmundo Sanchez and Robert...
Man Charged with Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation led to predatory criminal sexual assault and child pornography charges against a 39-year-old Melrose Park man, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1:20 a.m. on June 27, Sheriff’s Police received a...
Sheriff’s Office to Proactively Publish Videos of Individual in Custody Attacks on Deputies
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has released videos documenting incidents of Cook County Jail individuals in custody committing battery against correctional deputies. The four videos correspond to investigations dating back from May 2016 to the...