by Mike Pierga | Jun 30, 2016 | Press Release
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation led to predatory criminal sexual assault and child pornography charges against a 39-year-old Melrose Park man, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1:20 a.m. on June 27, Sheriff’s Police received a...
by Mike Pierga | Jun 23, 2016 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has released videos documenting incidents of Cook County Jail individuals in custody committing battery against correctional deputies. The four videos correspond to investigations dating back from May 2016 to the...
by Mike Pierga | Jun 14, 2016 | Press Release
A Ford Heights Park District Commissioner has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 10:15 p.m. on June 11, Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded to a...
by Mike Pierga | Jun 3, 2016 | Press Release
A former Markham Police officer has been charged after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he had sexually abused a teenage girl, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Relatives of the victim initially contacted the Markham Police Department on May 31 after they...
by Mike Pierga | May 16, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced that a re-internment ceremony will be held for the human remains and grave items recovered in the 2009 Burr Oak Cemetery investigation. The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17 at Burr Oak Cemetery, 4400 W....
