Cook County Sheriff’s Police are looking for a man who approached students at a bus stop in unincorporated Des Plaines offering them rides, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 a man riding a black bicycle approached a...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that a 73-year-old man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault and child pornography after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found that he assaulted boys and in some cases took explicit images of them....
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is seeking the termination of correctional officer Alexander Perteete due to fraudulent use of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Perteete, who was hired as a correctional officer in 2004 and has worked in multiple divisions in the...
A 23-year-old man has been charged with a felony after Cook County Sheriff’s Police officers found him with a stolen pistol in unincorporated Melrose Park, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Nov. 3, Sheriff’s officers responding to...
All sworn officers within the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department (CCSPD) have been trained on the use of body-worn cameras, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In total, 498 officers have received the mandatory training, which reviews how to...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that he intends to seek the termination of nine staff members determined to have allowed the sexual assault of a female individual in custody by two male individuals in custody at the Markham...
Cook County Sheriff’s Police arrested three men in three separate domestic battery cases, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 7 p.m. on Oct. 1, Sheriff’s Police received a report of a domestic battery that occurred at a residence in the 4100 block...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in identifying an offender who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman last week. On Sept. 12, a 44-year-old Chicago woman reported that a male subject forced her into a vehicle at approximately 2:30...
Sunday, September 17, 2017 —Two teenagers have been charged in connection with an attempted armed robbery, where one victim was shot, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation, at approximately 4:20...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart today announced plans to introduce groundbreaking legislation to reduce the number of children born in custody in Illinois. Under the proposal, pregnant individuals in custody found to be likely to give birth during...