A gun owner has been charged after a 5-year-old boy was accidently shot by another child this week in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 11:25 a.m. on June 4, Sheriff’s Police responded to the 1100 block of Drexel for a...
A Chicago man has been charged after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he had sexually abused a boy, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Nicholas Vasquez, 36, of the 4200 block of West Monroe, has been charged with two counts of aggravated...
U.S. District Court Judge John J. Tharp Jr. ended three years of litigation by Backpage.com against the Cook County Sheriff’s Office after granting a motion to dismiss the case late Thursday. The dismissal comes after Backpage.com was seized by federal authorities and...
A 29-year-old Chicago man has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon after three firearms were found in his bedroom, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8 a.m. on May 30, Sheriff’s Police officers were executing a...
Four individuals in custody have been indicted on multiple felony charges in connection with a robbery of another individual in custody, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 p.m. on April 28, a individual in custody on Cook County...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A groundbreaking bill seeking to reduce the number of children born in custody to pre-trial individuals in custody in Illinois was unanimously passed out of the Illinois Senate Thursday and will be sent to the Governor for signature. House Bill 1464,...
A Cook County Jail individual in custody was indicted this week on a charge of aggravated assault against a correctional deputy, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1 p.m. on May 1, a female correctional deputy was escorting individual in custody...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Skokie man found unresponsive Wednesday morning in a courthouse bathroom was revived with naloxone, the second time in two weeks Cook County Sheriff’s Police used the opioid overdose antidote to save someone’s life, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced...
A bill seeking to enact harsher penalties on individuals in custody who expose themselves and conduct lewd behavior while in custody was unanimously passed out of the Criminal Law Committee in the Illinois Senate on Tuesday night. Senate Bill 3104, proposed by Cook...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A woman is alive after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer equipped with naloxone used the opioid overdose antidote to revive her, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8:05 a.m. on Monday, the officer responded to a call of...