by Mike Pierga | Jul 20, 2017 | headlines
More than 2 million people in the United States have a substance use disorder related to opioids, whether heroin or painkillers such as oxycodone, according to national studies. In Cook County, approximately three people die every day from an opioid-related...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 19, 2017 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that one of the seven remaining unnamed John Wayne Gacy victims has been identified, solving a nearly 40-year-old mystery. James “Jimmie” Byron Haakenson left his home in St. Paul, Minnesota in the summer of 1976 when...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 13, 2017 | Press Release
In an effort to stem the continuing violence on Chicago’s streets, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday that his office will notify local police when accused gun offenders post high bonds to return to communities besieged by shootings. Dart is also...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 12, 2017 | Press Release
A 17-year-old boy from unincorporated Des Plaines has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenage girl, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The boy’s name is not being released because he has been...
by Mike Pierga | Jun 29, 2017 | Press Release
A Cook County Jail individual in custody has been charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer causing great bodily harm after seriously injuring a correctional deputy, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to the Sheriff’s Office investigation, at...
