by Mike Pierga | Apr 17, 2018 | Press Release
A Cook County Jail individual in custody has been indicted after a Sheriff’s Office investigation identified him as the second person involved in a January incident where marijuana was left at an individual in custody-only bathroom at Stroger hospital, Sheriff Thomas...
by Mike Pierga | Apr 12, 2018 | Press Release
Eight Cook County Jail individuals in custody found to have been involved in a fight on a maximum security housing tier have been indicted for mob action, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The altercation was reported at approximately 4:35 p.m. on April 3 in...
by Mike Pierga | Apr 3, 2018 | Press Release
Three men have been charged after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found they had sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in a vacant home in Ford Heights, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 4:45 p.m. on March 31, Sheriff’s Police...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 26, 2018 | Press Release
A 27-year-old parolee has been charged with attempting to bring cannabis into a penal institution after an ongoing Cook County Sheriff’s Office investigation found that he left a package containing marijuana under an individual in custody-only bathroom door at Stroger...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 23, 2018 | Press Release
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)/Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA), a bill supported by Sheriff Tom Dart, which seeks to add harsher penalties for websites and companies that promote and facilitate sex...
