by Grace Cronin | Dec 23, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago Heights man is facing multiple felony charges after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found that he kidnapped two individuals and held one of them for ransom, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Wednesday, Dec. 18,... 
by Grace Cronin | Nov 20, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 30-year-old Berwyn man has been charged with possession of child pornography following a Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Earlier this year, ICAC Unit investigators... 
by Grace Cronin | Nov 3, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 54-year-old man was charged with Aggravated Kidnapping with a Firearm and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm after he barricaded himself with two others inside his Tinley Park home for nearly 17 hours on Halloween, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart... 
by Grace Cronin | Nov 1, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 47-year-old Country Club Hills woman has been charged with a felony after Sheriff’s Office investigators caught her trying to smuggle drug-soaked paper into Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Aug. 29, Sheriff’s Office... 
by Grace Cronin | Oct 25, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A corrections deputy who was previously charged with possession of a controlled substance has been indicted for allegedly giving her cell phone to an individual in custody at Cook County Jail who then used it to send messages and view pornography,... 