by Shereen Mohammad | Jan 31, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, in partnership with the International Chess Federation, is proud to announce the Chess for Freedom Program at the Cook County Jail has been awarded in two categories at the 3rd Annual Anthem Awards for the...
by Christian Whiting | Jun 30, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 24-year-old man has been charged after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he robbed a Ford Heights store, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8:40 a.m. on June 26, Sheriff’s Police responded to a retail...
by Christian Whiting | Jun 14, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Cook County Grand Jury indicted two individuals in custody at the Cook County Jail after a Sheriff’s Office investigation found them in possession of paper soaked in synthetic cannabinoids, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On April...
by Christian Whiting | May 20, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – An individual in custody and his girlfriend have been charged with felonies for attempting to bring narcotic soaked paper into the Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In April, Sheriff’s Office investigators were contacted by a...
by Christian Whiting | May 18, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and members of the Cook County Jail hosted dignitaries and chess experts from 23 countries in its very first in-person Chess for Freedom event. The special event brought together officials from The International Chess...
