by Mike Pierga | Feb 21, 2016 | Press Release
A 29-year-old man has been charged with promoting prostitution following an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Feb. 19, a Sheriff’s Police undercover officer responded to an advertisement in...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 11, 2016 | Press Release
An investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Central Warrant Unit, the Wheeling Police Department and the FBI led to apprehension of a man in Mexico who is wanted in a Wheeling home invasion case, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Steve Chung, 28, was one of...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 9, 2016 | Press Release
A Crestwood store owner was arrested for selling synthetic urine kits, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. The Sheriff’s Police Special Operations Unit received information that Tobacco Land Plus in the 13400 block of South Cicero Avenue was selling...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 9, 2016 | Press Release
A national coalition of law enforcement agencies conducted a sting operation that led to 552 arrests – 522 would-be sex buyers (or “johns”) and 30 pimps or sex traffickers – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The National Johns Suppression Initiative...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 8, 2016 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A federal jury found the Cook County Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures for storing individual in custody personal property did not cause the loss or theft of those items. Elizarri, et al., v. Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, Ill.,...
