A 29-year-old man has been charged with multiple felonies after a loaded firearm and drugs were found during a court-ordered eviction in Burnham, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 17, sheriff’s deputies arrived at...
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Cook County Sheriff’s Office Conducting Traffic Safety Checkpoint in Maywood, Seatbelt enforcement Countywide
Cook County Sheriff’s Police will conduct a roadside traffic safety checkpoint tonight through early Saturday morning in Maywood, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At the checkpoint, officers will ensure drivers are complying with Illinois driver's license and...
Cook County Sheriff’s Office Moves Criminal Justice Reform Legislation Through Senate Criminal Law Committee
In its legislative session yesterday, the Criminal Law Committee of the Illinois State Senate unanimously voted a package of three separate criminal justice reform bills, introduced by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, out of committee. Senate Bill 1980, sponsored by...
Two Firearms Recovered in Arrest of Two in Garfield Park Neighborhood
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...
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...