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...
Cook County Sheriff’s Police arrested two people in connection with a shooting that killed a 27-year-old man, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9 p.m. on Jan. 28, Sheriff’s Police detectives were notified by Robbins Police of a shooting that...
Three Cook County Jail divisions will close as part of a strategic plan to reduce operational costs and more efficiently house and care for individuals in custody within County custody, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, the primary female...
A substitute teacher at La Grange Highlands Elementary School has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Jan. 25 Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded...