by Grace Cronin | Aug 11, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A man who dragged a small dog behind his vehicle has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 8 p.m. on Aug. 1, Sheriff’s Police officers stopped a silver pickup truck being...
by Grace Cronin | Jul 23, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a telephone scam in which the scammer identifies as a member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and threatens arrest if payments are not made for old warrants. These scam calls have been coming from...
by Grace Cronin | May 8, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A convicted sex offender has been charged with child pornography felonies following a months-long Sheriff’s Police investigation, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In February, Special Victims Division investigators with the...
by Grace Cronin | Apr 19, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A former cemetery employee has been charged with multiple felonies after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found she secretly pocketed more than $100,000 from payments for funeral expenses, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s...
by Grace Cronin | Mar 10, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit, in collaboration with the U.S. Marshals Task Force, located and charged a fugitive wanted for escaping from electronic monitoring while awaiting trial on a criminal sex assault case...
