Two Dozen Men Arrested in Sheriff’s Police “John” Sting Targeting Sex Buyers

by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 8, 2021 | Press Release

COOK COUNTY, IL – Officers with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit arrested 24 men and towed 19 vehicles as part of an undercover operation targeting individuals seeking to buy sex, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Thursday,...

Des Plaines Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

by Allison Peters | Sep 23, 2021 | Press Release

COOK COUNTY – A Des Plaines man has been charged with possession of child pornography after investigators found sexually explicit images of children under the age of 13 on his cellphone, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. SVU investigators traced...

Woman Charged with Involuntary Sexual Servitude and Human Trafficking

by Allison Peters | Sep 20, 2021 | Press Release

COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago woman who befriended and then sexually trafficked a runaway teen has been charged with involuntary sexual servitude and human trafficking, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Thursday, September 16, members of the...

Chicago Man Charged with Multiple Felonies for Explicit Texts, Possession of Child Pornography

by Mike Pierga | May 7, 2021 | Press Release

COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago man who engaged in sexually explicit conversations and sent graphic videos to a Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit investigator posing as a 15-year-old boy has been charged with multiple felonies related to sex offenses...

Des Plaines Man Charged with Attempt Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Possession of Child Pornography

by Mike Pierga | Apr 16, 2021 | Press Release

COOK COUNTY, IL – A 69-year-old Des Plaines man has been charged with multiple felonies after he solicited an investigator from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit who was posing as a teenage boy on a social media app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart...