by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 13, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigators are seeking information from the public to help solve a homicide that occurred last year in unincorporated Maine Township. At approximately 3:50 p.m. on April 22, 2021, Erik Esquivel was shot multiple times...
by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 11, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart commended the federal government for working to tighten restrictions on untraceable ‘ghost guns’ that evade background checks and are increasingly showing up on the streets of Chicago. The federal move comes after...
by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 9, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart applauded the Illinois General Assembly today for passing legislation to combat the proliferation of unserialized “ghost guns” that make it impossible to trace weapons and harder to solve violent crimes....
by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 6, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced legislation today requiring auto manufacturers to create a 24/7 recovery hotline to help law enforcement quickly track stolen vehicles. The inability for law enforcement to access tracking information in...
by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 2, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 39-year-old flight attendant has been charged with possession of child pornography for allegedly sending and receiving sexually explicit images and videos of children under the age of 13 on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...
