by Mike Pierga | Jun 12, 2017 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that the Sheriff’s Office and the Cook County Jail have succeeded in being released from federal oversight in meeting all standards set forth by a federal court and the Department of Justice. U.S....
by Mike Pierga | Jun 5, 2017 | Press Release
A 31-year-old woman has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 10:15 p.m. on June 2, Sheriff’s Police received a report of a man stabbed in the...
by Mike Pierga | May 30, 2017 | Press Release
SB 1781, a bill seeking a year extension of the waiver of a $120 fee for criminal record expungement application by individuals in Cook County whose charges were eventually dropped, passed the Illinois House of Representatives with a vote of 61-55, Cook County...
by Mike Pierga | May 25, 2017 | Press Release
The federal indictment of 21 people involved in the leadership of a vast, nationwide, Thai sex trafficking organization was unsealed today at a federal courthouse in Minneapolis, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. After receiving multiple tips starting in August...
by Mike Pierga | May 16, 2017 | Press Release
The search for the missing 16-year-old Villa Park teenager will continue this morning at 8 a.m. at W. Belmont Ave. and N. River Rd. near Franklin Park, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The Sheriff announced Monday afternoon that the Sheriff’s Office...
