by Grace Cronin | Jul 21, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is warning the public of a telephone scam during which callers, who identify themselves as Sheriff’s Office employees, tell individuals they must come to a Sheriff’s Office location to a pay a fine or face arrest....
by Grace Cronin | Jul 11, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation into a fencing operation at a Chicago store led to the recovery of approximately $2.4 million in suspected stolen merchandise and five firearms, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On July 2, Sheriff’s...
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 | Mar 12, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police will be conducting a roadside safety checkpoint in Leyden Township, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint will run from 7 p.m. Thursday through 1 a.m. Friday on Mannheim Road. Officers at the checkpoint...
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...
