by Mike Pierga | Nov 16, 2017 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff’s Police are looking for a man who approached students at a bus stop in unincorporated Des Plaines offering them rides, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 a man riding a black bicycle approached a...
by Mike Pierga | Nov 9, 2017 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that a 73-year-old man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault and child pornography after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found that he assaulted boys and in some cases took explicit images of them....
by Mike Pierga | Nov 8, 2017 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is seeking the termination of correctional officer Alexander Perteete due to fraudulent use of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Perteete, who was hired as a correctional officer in 2004 and has worked in multiple divisions in the...
by Mike Pierga | Nov 5, 2017 | Press Release
A 23-year-old man has been charged with a felony after Cook County Sheriff’s Police officers found him with a stolen pistol in unincorporated Melrose Park, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 3, Sheriff’s officers responding to...
by Mike Pierga | Oct 6, 2017 | Press Release
All sworn officers within the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department (CCSPD) have been trained on the use of body-worn cameras, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In total, 498 officers have received the mandatory training, which reviews how to...