by Grace Cronin | Jul 3, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a telephone scam in which a caller threatens arrest unless thousands of dollars are deposited at a Cook County Jail kiosk. The Sheriff’s Office has received reports that a caller has been contacting...
by Grace Cronin | Jul 1, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office successfully located a missing and endangered man following an aerial drone search of a heavily wooded section of Deer Park West Forest Preserve in Palatine today, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced. On...
by Grace Cronin | Jun 12, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be conducting a roadside safety checkpoint in Chicago, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint is scheduled for June 25, from 7 p.m. to midnight, near East 79th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue....
by Grace Cronin | Jun 11, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 57-year-old Chicago man is facing a Class 1 Felony Theft charge after the Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit recovered approximately $400,000 in stolen fitness equipment and other goods taken during area cargo thefts, Cook County Sheriff...
by Grace Cronin | Jun 3, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A bill championed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart that creates new guidelines for missing persons investigations awaits the Governor’s signature after it passed the Illinois General Assembly. SB 24, the Missing Persons Identification Act,...
