COOK COUNTY, IL – A joint investigation by Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of a residential brothel operation led to felony charges against two men for promoting prostitution, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart testified today before a U.S. Senate Committee about the Chicago area’s disturbing rise in carjackings and his work with automakers on innovative, comprehensive solutions. Last year there were more than 2,000...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Schaumburg man has been charged with dissemination of child pornography after investigators determined he shared several sexually explicit images and videos of children under the age of 13 through social media apps, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J....
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 47-year-old Palatine Township man has been charged with fatally stabbing his roommate, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 p.m. on Jan. 26, Sheriff’s Police responded to a report of a battery that occurred in an...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Lynwood man has been charged after Cook County Sheriff’s Police officers and a civilian were injured during a domestic dispute investigation, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9:50 a.m. on Dec. 26, Sheriff’s Police responded...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Wheeling man has been charged with possession, solicitation, and dissemination of child pornography after investigators found numerous sexually explicit images and videos of children under the age of 13 on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit arrested 16 men and towed 11 vehicles as part of an undercover operation targeting individuals seeking to buy sex on the internet, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today....
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Sauk Village man has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and violation of owner’s duties after three emaciated horses were found on his property, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On December 8, the Cook County...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today new efforts his office is taking to stop the rise in carjackings in the County by focusing on improving access to tracking information. Carjackings have increased approximately 43 percent in the...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police are seeking two men who carjacked a Glenwood woman, along with two family members, while the woman was attempting to fulfill a delivery of food to an address in Ford Heights on Saturday night. At around 7 p.m., the...