A traffic stop in Ford Heights led to the recovery of a loaded gun and the arrest of two people, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 10:20 p.m. on March 3, Sheriff’s Police Street Crimes Suppression Unit officers stopped a silver, 2007...
A traffic stop in unincorporated Franklin Park led to the discovery of suspected heroin in a sock and boots and the arrest of a Florida man, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 11:25 p.m. on Feb. 27, Sheriff’s Police Street Crimes...
A 47-year-old Oak Lawn woman was arrested after Sheriff’s deputies at the Bridgeview Courthouse found her with a loaded revolver, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. A loaded .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver was found on Denise Smith’s person...
A DNA match helped lead to charges in two 2015 criminal sexual assault cases, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigated criminal sexual assaults that occurred on July 3, 2015 and Nov. 3, 2015 in the 8800 block of...
A 29-year-old man has been charged with promoting prostitution following an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Vice Unit, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Feb. 19, a Sheriff's Police undercover officer responded to an advertisement in the...
An investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Central Warrant Unit, the Wheeling Police Department and the FBI led to apprehension of a man in Mexico who is wanted in a Wheeling home invasion case, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Steve Chung, 28, was one of...
A Crestwood store owner was arrested for selling synthetic urine kits, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. The Sheriff’s Police Special Operations Unit received information that Tobacco Land Plus in the 13400 block of South Cicero Avenue was selling...
A national coalition of law enforcement agencies conducted a sting operation that led to 552 arrests – 522 would-be sex buyers (or “johns”) and 30 pimps or sex traffickers – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The National Johns Suppression Initiative...
COOK COUNTY, IL – A federal jury found the Cook County Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures for storing individual in custody personal property did not cause the loss or theft of those items. Elizarri, et al., v. Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, Ill.,...
An 18-year-old man who was taken into custody for one burglary was also charged in connection with another burglary after Sheriff’s Police officers found items stolen from a second location, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Humberto Moran, of...