by Shereen Mohammad | Mar 17, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Justice man has been charged in connection with a ruse burglary after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found he posed as a water department employee to distract the victim while his accomplices ransacked the home for valuables, Sheriff...
by Shereen Mohammad | Sep 7, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is releasing images of several ruse burglary offenders and warning the public about the scheme following an incident in unincorporated New Trier Township. Sheriff’s Police responded to a ruse burglary on Sept. 1 in...
by Shereen Mohammad | Aug 10, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning the public about ruse burglaries following an incident that occurred Monday in unincorporated Norwood Park Township. At approximately 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 8, Sheriff’s Police responded to a call of a...
by Sophia Ansari | Feb 12, 2019 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning the public about ruse burglaries following an incident that occurred in unincorporated Palos Heights. At approximately 4 p.m. on Feb. 10, a 94-year-old woman was approached by a man outside her home in the 6000 block of...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 11, 2017 | Press Release
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation led to the arrest of 29-year-old Arlington Heights man in connection with a ruse burglary in Leyden Township, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 23, a man claiming he was a...
