COOK COUNTY, IL – A 32-year-old man who was the subject of a Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigation was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. David Deleon, who is an inactive...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office today announced the launch of its new “Book Bus” – a mobile library initiative designed to bring thousands of books directly to communities across Cook County that the Sheriff operates in and that often lack access to...
CHICAGO – At the request of the Broadview Police Department, the Cook County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) and the Illinois State Police (ISP), with assistance from the Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security and the Illinois Emergency...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police, in conjunction with the Melrose Park Police Department, will be conducting a roadside safety checkpoint in Leyden Township, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint is scheduled to run from 6 p.m. Thursday,...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office collected approximately 18,900 pounds of compostable waste during its first two weeks of launching its new composting pilot program in the jail’s Central Kitchen, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Launched...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Legislation championed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart that creates new guidelines for missing persons investigations is now state law. SB 24, the Missing Persons Identification Act, sponsored by Sen. Michael Hastings in the Senate and Rep....
COOK COUNTY, IL – An Orland Park man who was shot by Sheriff’s Police as he savagely attacked two women in an unincorporated Lyons Township apartment building has been charged with attempted murder and home invasion, but charges are expected to be upgraded to murder...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A man who dragged a small dog behind his vehicle has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8 p.m. on Aug. 1, Sheriff’s Police officers stopped a silver pickup truck being...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a telephone scam in which the scammer identifies as a member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and threatens arrest if payments are not made for old warrants. These scam calls have been coming from...
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office successfully located a missing and endangered man following an aerial drone search of a heavily wooded section of Deer Park West Forest Preserve in Palatine today, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced. On...