by Grace Cronin | Aug 21, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Legislation championed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart that creates new guidelines for missing persons investigations is now state law. SB 24, the Missing Persons Identification Act, sponsored by Sen. Michael Hastings in the Senate and Rep....
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...
