by Mike Pierga | Apr 25, 2018 | Press Release
A bill seeking to enact harsher penalties on individuals in custody who expose themselves and conduct lewd behavior while in custody was unanimously passed out of the Criminal Law Committee in the Illinois Senate on Tuesday night. Senate Bill 3104, proposed by Cook...
by Mike Pierga | Apr 12, 2018 | Press Release
Eight Cook County Jail individuals in custody found to have been involved in a fight on a maximum security housing tier have been indicted for mob action, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The altercation was reported at approximately 4:35 p.m. on April 3 in...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 26, 2018 | Press Release
A 27-year-old parolee has been charged with attempting to bring cannabis into a penal institution after an ongoing Cook County Sheriff’s Office investigation found that he left a package containing marijuana under an individual in custody-only bathroom door at Stroger...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 26, 2018 | Press Release
Sixteen Cook County Jail individuals in custody found to have been involved in a fight on a maximum security housing tier have been indicted for mob action, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The fight was reported at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 in...
by Mike Pierga | Jan 17, 2018 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart launched an email helpline today to connect people to life-saving drug naloxone and released the second installment of the Sheriff’s Awareness Initiative video series on the opioid crisis. The second installment of the video series...
