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, 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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
COOK COUNTY, IL – An Oak Lawn man who allegedly struck and killed a Hometown Police Lieutenant providing traffic control for a separate crash investigation is slated to have a bond hearing today on charges of reckless homicide, felony driving under the influence, and...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is again urging the public to continue to follow precautions which reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to get vaccinated as eligibility for the vaccine expands. As of today, just nine of the more than 5,600...