A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation led to predatory criminal sexual assault and child pornography charges against a 39-year-old Melrose Park man, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1:20 a.m. on June 27, Sheriff’s Police received a...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has released videos documenting incidents of Cook County Jail individuals in custody committing battery against correctional deputies. The four videos correspond to investigations dating back from May 2016 to the...
A Ford Heights Park District Commissioner has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 10:15 p.m. on June 11, Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded to a...
A former Markham Police officer has been charged after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he had sexually abused a teenage girl, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Relatives of the victim initially contacted the Markham Police Department on May 31 after they...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced that a re-internment ceremony will be held for the human remains and grave items recovered in the 2009 Burr Oak Cemetery investigation. The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17 at Burr Oak Cemetery, 4400 W....
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 15th Annual Cook County Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony. The hour-long ceremony starts at 11 a.m. on May 9 at the Cermak Woods Forest...
Cook County Sheriff’s Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with a reported attempted child abduction in unincorporated Des Plaines, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 a.m. today a man holding what appeared to be a knife called out...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that Sheriff’s 9-1-1 Center dispatchers are now required to have Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training and now have access to a program that allows callers to provide additional information – including mental health...
A Minnesota woman has been charged with multiple felonies after a large amount of drugs were found in her luggage at O’Hare International Airport, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Cook County Sheriff’s Police were contacted by U.S Customs and Border...
Historic expungement and sealing reform legislation drafted and supported by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart passed the Illinois House today with bi-partisan support. HB 6328 removes two critical barriers for pursuing arrest expungements: Allows people to seek...
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