News

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, 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...

Public’s Help Sought in Identifying Suspicious Person

Public’s Help Sought in Identifying Suspicious Person

Cook County Sheriff’s Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in a suspicious incident on a Forest Preserve trail near Morton Grove. On July 11, sometime between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., a man riding a black and red small framed bicycle...

Sheriff Announces Criminal Sexual Assault Charges

Sheriff Announces Criminal Sexual Assault Charges

Shannon Griffin A teacher at a Burbank private school has been charged with Criminal Sexual Assault, Solicitation of Child Pornography and other charges for her alleged conduct involving two juvenile students at Jordan Baptist School, announced Cook County Sheriff...