by Kelly Brady | May 20, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – An individual in custody and his girlfriend have been charged with felonies for attempting to bring narcotic soaked paper into the Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In April, Sheriff’s Office investigators were contacted by a...
by Kelly Brady | May 18, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and members of the Cook County Jail hosted dignitaries and chess experts from 23 countries in its very first in-person Chess for Freedom event. The special event brought together officials from The International Chess...
by Shereen Mohammad | May 5, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Three men who told police they traveled to Chicago to purchase marijuana at a dispensary were charged with felony weapons charges after police recovered multiple unlicensed firearms from their vehicle during a traffic stop in the Chicago’s River...
by Shereen Mohammad | May 2, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A joint investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Operations Unit and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) resulted in the recovery of $2.1 million of counterfeit luxury items and charges against a Bellwood...
by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 19, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Correctional Officer Reginald Roberson, 52, has been charged with aggravated battery and official misconduct following a Cook County Sheriff’s Office investigation of an incident in the Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The...
