COOK COUNTY, IL – A 42-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated battery after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found she stabbed another woman in the back and a Sheriff’s Police officer in the hand, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At...
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Electronic Monitoring Participant Charged after Weapons Recovered from Residence
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 21-year-old Chicago man on electronic monitoring for a firearm offense is facing additional charges after multiple guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found in the home where he was staying, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced...
Sheriff Dart’s Child Rescue Unit Locates 1000th Youth in Care
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Child Rescue Unit (CRU) located its 1,000th missing youth in care on Wednesday, announced Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. “Youth in the state’s care who are missing are extremely vulnerable to trafficking, drugs...
Cook County Jail Chess Team Places Second in International Chess Tournament
COOK COUNTY, IL – Seven individuals in custody at the Cook County Jail competed this morning in an online international chess tournament against individuals in custody in Armenia, Spain and Russia, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The tournament began 8:30 a.m....
Chicago Man Charged with Multiple Felonies for Explicit Texts, Possession of Child Pornography
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago man who engaged in sexually explicit conversations and sent graphic videos to a Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit investigator posing as a 15-year-old boy has been charged with multiple felonies related to sex offenses...
Sheriff Dart Spotlights Public-Facing Community Resource Center
COOK COUNTY, IL – With significant challenges facing Chicago area residents who struggle with mental health, substance use and housing issues, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart highlighted the Community Resource Center for the public Wednesday as a one-stop support...
Chicago Woman Charged with First Degree Murder Following a March Shooting in Unincorporated Proviso Township
COOK COUNTY, IL –A Chicago woman who allegedly shot and killed a 28-year-old man in an incident outside an Elmhurst bar last month is slated to have a bond court hearing today on charges of first-degree murder, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today....
Des Plaines Man Charged with Attempt Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 69-year-old Des Plaines man has been charged with multiple felonies after he solicited an investigator from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit who was posing as a teenage boy on a social media app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
Crestwood Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
COOK COUNTY, IL – An 18-year-old Crestwood man has been charged with possession of child pornography after investigators found 70 images of child pornography on his phone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Investigators from the Cook County Sheriff’s...
21 Men Arrested in Cook County Sheriff’s Police “John” Sting Targeting Sex Buyers
COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit issued citations to 21 men and towed 17 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution advertisements, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Thursday, SVU...