Sixteen Cook County Jail individuals in custody found to have been involved in a fight on a maximum security housing tier have been indicted for mob action, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The fight was reported at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 in...
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Sheriff Warns of IRS Phone Scam
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning of a sophisticated phone scam targeting Cook County residents. In this scam, an automated voice claims there is a warrant out for the arrest of the receiver of the call and that they must call a phone number with a Chicago...
National Sex Trafficking Sting Nets over 630 Sex Buyers and Pimps/Traffickers
In an effort to target sex buyers and reduce sex trafficking, a national coalition of law enforcement agencies conducted coordinated sting operations that led to more than 630 arrests, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The 15th National Johns...
Sheriff Warns of Phone Scam
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning of a phone scam in which the caller claims to be a member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. In this scam, the caller makes notification that there is an allegation against the victim and that payment is required. A...
Cook County Jail Individual in Custody Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child
A maximum security Cook County Jail individual in custody has been charged after an investigation found he indecently exposed himself during a visit in view of a child, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to the investigation, on Jan. 10 individual in...
Sheriff Dart Spreads Awareness of Opioid Crisis and Naloxone
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart launched an email helpline today to connect people to life-saving drug naloxone and released the second installment of the Sheriff’s Awareness Initiative video series on the opioid crisis. The second installment of the video series...
IDOC Parolee Charged with UUW after Sheriff’s Police Recover Stolen Gun
A man paroled less than two months ago following weapon and drug convictions has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon after he was found with a stolen gun in Chicago’s 6th District, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately...
Maximum Security Individuals in Custody Charged in Aggravated Battery to Staff
Three maximum security Cook County Jail individuals in custody are among more than two dozen individuals who have been charged with aggravated battery to staff in the last 30 days, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. From Dec. 12 to Jan. 12, 26 individuals in...
Individual in Custody Charged with Threatening Assistant Public Defender
A Cook County Jail individual in custody has been charged with threatening his public defender, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to a Sheriff’s Office investigation, at approximately the 11 a.m. on Jan. 10, individual in custody Michael Roberson, 34,...
Sheriff’s Office Uncovers Gun Stash House
While on patrol and conducting compliance checks in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood, Sheriff's police discovered a gun stash house with a cache of weapons, including two stolen shotguns. On Jan. 9, Sheriff’s officers were checking on the status of a person being...