by Mike Pierga | Jul 29, 2017 | headlines
Sheriff Tom Dart has dedicated his career to challenging injustice, fighting the violence plaguing our communities, and bringing a new and thoughtful approach to public service. After serving as a prosecutor and an Illinois state legislator, Sheriff Dart ran for Cook...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 20, 2017 | Cold Cases
DATE OF CRIME: JANUARY 19, 2003 GENDER: MALE RACE: HISPANIC AGE AT TIME OF INCIDENT: 19 LOCATION OF INCIDENT: 10010 W. PALMER (DRIVEWAY) LEYDEN TWP, IL. INFORMATION: VICTIM ADOLFO FAVELA JR. WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY OF 10010 W. PALMER IN LEYDEN...
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...
