COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning the public of a telephone scam where a caller identifying as a Sheriff’s Office employee tells victims they must pay for missing court or risk going to jail. The scammer tells victims that they missed a...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Citing the urgent need to address the rise in violent carjackings across the country, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart called on Congress today to follow Illinois’ lead and require automakers to create a quicker way for police and victims to access the...
COOK COUNTY, IL – An individual in custody and his girlfriend have been charged with felonies for attempting to bring narcotic soaked paper into the Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In April, Sheriff’s Office investigators were contacted by a...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Park Forest man has been charged with multiple felony counts after Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigators found him in possession of eight firearms while his Firearm Owners’ Identification (FOID) card was revoked, Sheriff Thomas J....
COOK COUNTY, IL – Illinois lawmakers today overwhelmingly approved legislation to help police more quickly track vehicles after a carjacking, increasing the chances of catching the offenders and stopping the vehicles from being used in additional crimes, Cook County...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and members of the Cook County Jail hosted dignitaries and chess experts from 23 countries in its very first in-person Chess for Freedom event. The special event brought together officials from The International Chess...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Drawing attention to a critical public safety issue, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart called on state lawmakers today to properly fund police efforts to keep firearms out of the hands of individuals who are prohibited by law from possessing them....
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Worth Township man is facing charges after Cook County Sheriff’s Police and the Illinois Statewide Auto Theft Taskforce (ISATT) found more than 600 catalytic converters in one of the largest recoveries of the vehicle part in the state, Sheriff...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Three men who told police they traveled to Chicago to purchase marijuana at a dispensary were charged with felony weapons charges after police recovered multiple unlicensed firearms from their vehicle during a traffic stop in the Chicago’s River...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A joint investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Operations Unit and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) resulted in the recovery of $2.1 million of counterfeit luxury items and charges against a Bellwood...