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Sheriff’s Office Warns Public of Phone Scam

Sheriff’s Office Warns Public of Phone Scam

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn the public of a phone scam in which the caller identifies himself as “Sgt. Dennis Peterson” or “Lt. Jonathan Moore” and claims to be an employee the Sheriff’s Office. The calls have originated from multiple different...

Chicago Man Charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

Chicago Man Charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse

A 40-year-old Chicago man has been charged with multiple felonies after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found he solicited an undercover officer posing as a teenage boy on a dating app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The man, identified as Jaime...

National Sex Buyer Stings Reach 10,000 Arrests

National Sex Buyer Stings Reach 10,000 Arrests

A national operation aimed at deterring johns and disrupting the online facilitation of sex trafficking made its 10,000th arrest since 2011 during the latest sting, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The 10,000th arrest was made during the 19th...

Sheriff Announces Operation Deadly Distractions

Sheriff Announces Operation Deadly Distractions

Cook County Sheriff’s Police have launched “Operation Deadly Distractions” to curb the rampant and dangerous use of cell phones by motorists, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced at an October 23rd press conference with national safety experts. Sheriff’s Police began the...

Sheriff Announces Operation Deadly Distractions

Sheriff Announces Operation Deadly Distractions

COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police have launched “Operation Deadly Distractions” to curb the rampant and dangerous use of cell phones by motorists, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced at an October 23rd press conference with national safety experts. Sheriff’s...