Cook County Sheriff’s Police will conduct a roadside safety checkpoint tonight through early Thursday morning in Schaumburg, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. At the checkpoint officers will ensure drivers are complying with Illinois driver's license and registration...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver in a hit and run that injured a man in unincorporated Lemont. At approximately 7:40 p.m. on Nov. 19, Cook County Sheriff’s Police received a report of a hit and run that...
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart will be honored this week with significant awards from national advocacy organizations in recognition of his leadership in combatting sex trafficking and for exposing the shameful criminalization of mental illness...
A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a shooting that injured another man at Ford Heights’ store, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. According to the Sheriff’s Police investigation, the 32-year-old victim was shot on Nov. 8 by a man...
Cook County Sheriff’s Police are investigating a shooting that injured a man this morning in Ford Heights, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. At approximately 3:10 a.m. today, the victim was sitting in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Atlantis Gentlemen’s Club in...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning the public to be on alert when someone comes to the door claiming to be a worker without proper identification -- it may be a set up for a burglary. Sheriff’s Police detectives are investigating a suspected ruse entry...
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has joined several local officials in urging the creation of a gun violence coordinator and a task force to address gun violence. A proposed Cook County ordinance would create a Cook County Gun Violence Coordinator who would head a...
A Streamwood man wanted for trafficking a 15-year-old girl for sex has been arrested, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Derrick Hill, 41, was taken into custody on Oct.23 at his home by the Streamwood Police Department on a $1.5 million arrest...
A man wanted for dragging a Bradley, Ill., police officer with his vehicle was arrested by the Cook County Sheriff’s Central Warrant Unit, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The Central Warrant Unit received information from the Bradley Police Department that the...
A Cook County Sheriff’s Police unit dedicated to finding missing state wards has recovered more than 500 at-risk children, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff Dart launched the Cook County Sheriff’s Child Protection Response Unit in October 2012 to help...