COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that the Sheriff’s Office and the Cook County Jail have succeeded in being released from federal oversight in meeting all standards set forth by a federal court and the Department of Justice. U.S....
Woman Charged in Ford Heights Murder
A 31-year-old woman has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 10:15 p.m. on June 2, Sheriff’s Police received a report of a man stabbed in the...
Expungement Fee Waiver Extension Bill (SB 1781) Passes Illinois House and Heads to Governor Rauner’s Desk
SB 1781, a bill seeking a year extension of the waiver of a $120 fee for criminal record expungement application by individuals in Cook County whose charges were eventually dropped, passed the Illinois House of Representatives with a vote of 61-55, Cook County...
Federal Indictments Announced in Thai Prostitution Ring Case
The federal indictment of 21 people involved in the leadership of a vast, nationwide, Thai sex trafficking organization was unsealed today at a federal courthouse in Minneapolis, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. After receiving multiple tips starting in August...
Cook County Sheriff’s Police to Resume Search for Missing Villa Park Teen
The search for the missing 16-year-old Villa Park teenager will continue this morning at 8 a.m. at W. Belmont Ave. and N. River Rd. near Franklin Park, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The Sheriff announced Monday afternoon that the Sheriff’s Office...
Sheriff’s Office to Hold First Annual Promotional Ceremony for Correctional Staff
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office will host its Department of Corrections Promotional Ceremony today, May 12, 2017 at the Mental Health Transition Center from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The sworn and civilian staff promoted in 2016 and 2017 to Sergeant, Lieutenant, Commander,...
Sheriff Dart to Attend Ceremony Honoring Fallen Officers
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart will join the families of fallen officers as they remember those killed in the line of duty at the 16th annual Cook County Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony. The hour-long ceremony starts at 11 a.m. on May 9 at the Cermak Woods Forest...
Eight Individuals in Custody Charged With Aggravated Arson
COOK COUNTY, IL – Eight maximum security individuals in custody have been charged with aggravated arson in connection with burning their uniforms, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On the evening of April 15 multiple individuals in custody destroyed...
Cook County Sheriff’s Proposed Data Transparency Legislation is Voted Out of the Illinois Senate
The Right to Know Act (SB 1502), proposed by Sheriff Tom Dart and sponsored by Sen. Michael Hastings, was passed by the Illinois Senate this afternoon on a partisan line with one GOP member voting “yes.” 31 senators voted in favor of the bill, 21 voted opposed to the...
Driver Charged With Driving Under the Influence in fatal Traffic Crash
A 23-year-old Oak Lawn man has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated driving under the influence in connection with a Monday morning crash that killed two people, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1 a.m. on May 1, Sheriff’s...