by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 19, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A second person has been charged in connection with trafficking a Chicago woman and then later kidnapping her, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Corey Bryant, 39, of the 5500 block of West Gladys Avenue in Chicago, was charged on...
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 15, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Jail’s Chess Team finished 3rd in its division during the championship round of the largest international chess competition for detained individuals, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Hosted by Cook County Jail and sanctioned by...
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 14, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins proposed legislation today to ban ‘ghost guns,’ which are homemade, untraceable weapons that are increasingly being found by police fighting Chicago area violence....
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 8, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit arrested 24 men and towed 19 vehicles as part of an undercover operation targeting individuals seeking to buy sex, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Thursday,...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 14, 2020 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office has suspended all court-ordered evictions for the next 30 days, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Prior to the order, Sheriff’s Department staff screened all individuals for symptoms of COVID-19 at residences where evictions were...
