by Mike Pierga | Jan 29, 2016 | Press Release
Three Cook County Jail divisions will close as part of a strategic plan to reduce operational costs and more efficiently house and care for individuals in custody within County custody, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, the primary female...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 28, 2016 | Press Release
A substitute teacher at La Grange Highlands Elementary School has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Jan. 25 Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 26, 2016 | Press Release
Three living units at the Cook County Jail are under isolation and a fourth is under heightened surveillance after individual in custody there began showing flu-like symptoms, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Individuals in custody in the following...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 24, 2016 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago today denounced the shameful inaction of Gov. Rauner as Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) was forced to lay off 750 employees and shut down 30 social service...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 13, 2016 | Press Release
The Illinois Department of Children & Family Services is joining forces with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in a landmark mission to locate and save runaway state wards, who are particularly vulnerable to crime and trafficking. As part of a two-year pilot...