by Christian Whiting | May 13, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart has relaunched Seniors Training Academy Recruits to Succeed (STARS), a unique program where older adult volunteers help train police recruits to better serve the community. Sheriff Dart founded the STARS program...
by Christian Whiting | May 7, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 44-year-old woman, charged in the 2003 deaths of her newborn twins following an extensive cold case investigation by Sheriff’s Police, has been convicted of murder, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Antoinette Briley pled guilty...
by Christian Whiting | May 3, 2024 | Press Release
An Oak Lawn man was ordered held in custody at the Cook County Jail after he allegedly traveled to meet undercover Sheriff’s Police investigators posing as a minor victim with whom he had been sexting, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. In April,...
by Christian Whiting | May 3, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – DNA from a wine bottle helped Sheriff’s Police detectives identify the offender in a Rich Township burglary, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sheriff’s Police responded to a report of a residential burglary on Sept. 6, 2023 in the...
by Christian Whiting | Feb 7, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A man awaiting trial on electronic monitoring for the 2017 murder of a disabled man was charged with a new felony weapons offense in connection with a shooting in Dolton that occurred when he travelled in a stolen car while on state-mandated free...