COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be conducting a roadside safety checkpoint in Chicago, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint is scheduled for June 25, from 7 p.m. to midnight, near East 79th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue....
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Chicago Man Faces Felony after $400,000 in Stolen Merchandise Recovered
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 57-year-old Chicago man is facing a Class 1 Felony Theft charge after the Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit recovered approximately $400,000 in stolen fitness equipment and other goods taken during area cargo thefts, Cook County Sheriff...
Missing Persons Identification Act Passes General Assembly
COOK COUNTY, IL – A bill championed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart that creates new guidelines for missing persons investigations awaits the Governor’s signature after it passed the Illinois General Assembly. SB 24, the Missing Persons Identification Act,...
Convicted Sex Offender Facing New Felony Child Pornography Charges
COOK COUNTY, IL – A convicted sex offender has been charged with child pornography felonies following a months-long Sheriff’s Police investigation, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In February, Special Victims Division investigators with the...
Sheriff’s Police Seek the Public’s Help to Locate Missing Arlington Heights Teen
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenager from unincorporated Arlington Heights. Luz “Lulu” Esperanza Martinez Rodriguez was last seen leaving her home in the 4100 block of Jennifer Lane on the...
Chicago Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 29-year-old Chicago man has been charged with possession of child pornography following a Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In October, the ICAC Unit began...
Sheriff’s Police Conducting Traffic Safety Checkpoint in Morton Grove
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be conducting a roadside safety checkpoint in Morton Grove, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint, in partnership with the Morton Grove Police Department, is scheduled for the evening of May 9 near...
Chicago Man Charged in Burglary of Cancer Treatment Center
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 23-year-old man has been charged with burglary after Sheriff’s Police found him inside a cancer treatment center with items he had stolen from the facility, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 7:00 a.m. on Monday,...
Former Cemetery Employee Charged in Theft of Funeral Expenses Payments
COOK COUNTY, IL – A former cemetery employee has been charged with multiple felonies after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found she secretly pocketed more than $100,000 from payments for funeral expenses, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s...
Joliet Man Charged with Multiple Felonies Following Sheriff’s Police Online Operation Targeting Commercial Sex Trafficking
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 39-year-old man appeared in court yesterday after an undercover investigation by the Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit determined he was trafficking an individual for prostitution, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Wed. March 26, Vice...