by Grace Cronin | Sep 22, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenager from unincorporated Elk Grove Township. Perla Zumaya was last seen leaving her home on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 20. She did not take her cell...
by Grace Cronin | Sep 11, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 27-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with smuggling drug-soaked paper to an individual in custody during their visit at Cook County Jail, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On April 25, a correctional deputy supervising a visit in...
by Grace Cronin | Aug 30, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart commended the U.S. District Court’s decision to sentence Michael Lacey, a former Backpage owner, to five years in federal prison for money laundering tied to sex trafficking on the website. “This is a clear warning...
by Grace Cronin | Aug 29, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Barrington man pleaded guilty today to child pornography charges following a Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC) investigation last year, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced. In June of 2023, ICAC Investigators...
by Grace Cronin | Jul 11, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation into a fencing operation at a Chicago store led to the recovery of approximately $2.4 million in suspected stolen merchandise and five firearms, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On July 2, Sheriff’s...
