COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police are conducting a roadside safety checkpoint tonight on Milwaukee Avenue, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint will run from tonight to 2 a.m. Friday. Officers at the checkpoint will ensure drivers are...
COOK COUNTY, IL – In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and partnering organizations raised awareness today about the opioid overdose epidemic and reinforced ongoing prevention efforts at the Cook County Jail. The...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago Police officer arrested in March for sexually abusing a minor in Norridge is now facing new charges of child sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and child pornography as a result of an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A private security guard is facing a first-degree murder charge after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he shot and killed the driver of a vehicle leaving a Ford Heights’ club, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 29-year-old Brookfield man is facing child pornography felonies and an aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor charge following an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC), Sheriff Thomas J....
COOK COUNTY, IL – A convicted sex offender who was charged in a Sheriff’s Police investigation with possession of child pornography pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced. Investigators with the...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Child Rescue Unit has been named the 2023 National Sheriffs’ Association Crime Victim Services Award recipient in recognition of outstanding achievement by a Sheriff’s Office in support of crime victims, Cook County Sheriff...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 24-year-old man has been charged after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he robbed a Ford Heights store, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8:40 a.m. on June 26, Sheriff’s Police responded to a retail...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Westchester man has been charged with aggravated battery and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after he pointed a firearm at another motorist following a minor traffic accident near Hillside, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 17-year-old from Robbins has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in connection with a homicide that occurred at the Kickapoo Meadows Forest Preserve late last year, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Nov. 1, 2022,...