Javeon Burton Allen A 22-year-old Chicago man has been charged after a package containing switches that convert Glock handguns to fully automatic weapons was delivered to his residence, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s Police investigators...
A Chicago woman has been charged in a hit and run that killed a 37-year-old man, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 2:55 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2019 Sheriff’s Police located Troy Mitchell of Stone Park unresponsive with significant trauma...
A 31-year-old Chicago man has been charged with promoting prostitution and armed habitual criminal following an undercover Cook County Sheriff’s Police Vice unit investigation, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 7 p.m. on May 23, the Vice Unit...
This Saturday, April 27, Cook County residents can help protect the environment and fight the opioid crisis by participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and safely disposing of their expired, unused and...
A bill seeking to address assaults and public indecency against those working in correctional settings - including correctional officers, deputies, attorneys and civilians - passed the Illinois Senate with a vote of 57-0 last Thursday, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J....
Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be conducting enhanced patrols focusing on distracted drivers, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. These enhanced patrols will occur during daytime hours starting Monday and will occur periodically through April 30....
A 26-year-old Chicago man has been charged after he fled from investigators with a package containing switches that convert Glock handguns to fully automatic weapons, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s Police investigators received...
A 46-year-old Bolingbrook man investigated by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police’s Child Exploitation Unit has been sentenced to federal prison in a child pornography and sex trafficking case, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In April 2017, Ronald Gobenciong was...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning of a sophisticated phone scam targeting Cook County residents. In this scam, an unsolicited caller claiming to be from Apple Inc. states that there has been a security compromise to their device and/or iCloud account. The...
To ensure the public is better protected from those who lose their right to carry deadly weapons, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart proposed legislation Thursday to create countywide police units to recover those weapons and to improve information sharing about those...