COOK COUNTY, IL – A Wheeling man has been charged with possession, solicitation, and dissemination of child pornography after investigators found numerous sexually explicit images and videos of children under the age of 13 on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas...
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More Than a Dozen Men Arrested in Sheriff’s Police “John” Sting Operation
COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit arrested 16 men and towed 11 vehicles as part of an undercover operation targeting individuals seeking to buy sex on the internet, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today....
Sauk Village Man Charged with Animal Cruelty, Other Misdemeanors
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Sauk Village man has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and violation of owner’s duties after three emaciated horses were found on his property, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On December 8, the Cook County...
Sheriff Dart Announces New Efforts to Curb Carjackings
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today new efforts his office is taking to stop the rise in carjackings in the County by focusing on improving access to tracking information. Carjackings have increased approximately 43 percent in the...
Cook County Sheriff’s Police Investigating Carjacking of DoorDash Driver and her Family
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police are seeking two men who carjacked a Glenwood woman, along with two family members, while the woman was attempting to fulfill a delivery of food to an address in Ford Heights on Saturday night. At around 7 p.m., the...
Man Charged with Aggravated DUI in Traffic Crash, Critically Injuring Crestwood Police Officer
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 65-year-old Indiana man has been charged with Aggravated Driving Under the Influence in connection with a traffic crash that critically injured a Crestwood Police Officer, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8 p.m....
Blue Island Police Partners with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s Innovative Mental Health Co-Responder Program
COOK COUNTY, IL – Blue Island Police Officers are now providing residents of the South Suburban city with on-scene mental health interventions via a Cook County Sheriff’s Office program that enables police to virtually connect individuals in crisis with a mental...
Streamwood Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
COOK COUNTY – A Streamwood man has been charged with possession of child pornography after investigators found sexually explicit images and videos of children on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit...
Kankakee Man Charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Kankakee man has been charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm following an investigation of a shooting that occurred in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On November 7, Sheriff’s Police responded to a call of...
Chicago Man Charged with Attempted Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, Other Felonies in Online Sting
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago man has been charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly solicited sex from an undercover Cook County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit Officer who was posing as a minor on a social media app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On...