by Mike Pierga | Apr 9, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit issued citations to 21 men and towed 17 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution advertisements, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Thursday, SVU...
by Mike Pierga | Apr 5, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – An Oak Lawn man who allegedly struck and killed a Hometown Police Lieutenant providing traffic control for a separate crash investigation is slated to have a bond hearing today on charges of reckless homicide, felony driving under the influence, and...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 29, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is again urging the public to continue to follow precautions which reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to get vaccinated as eligibility for the vaccine expands. As of today, just nine of the more than 5,600...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 23, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police detectives are conducting an ongoing investigation of a supervisor at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in unincorporated Proviso Township, accused of sexually harassing four female coworkers. On Friday, Sheriff’s Police...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 15, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – In-person visitation at the Cook County Jail is scheduled to resume on Sunday, March 14, due to the low number of positive cases of COVID-19 at the jail and the continued decline of infection rates in the Chicago and Cook County, Sheriff Thomas J....
