by Mike Pierga | Mar 9, 2020 | Press Release
On Feb. 11, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office notified the public about an ongoing investigation concerning vaccinations provided by Dr. Van Koinis. Dr. Koinis was found deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Sept. 10, 2019 in a Cook County Forest Preserve in...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 6, 2020 | Press Release
A 60-year-old Chicago man has been charged with multiple felonies after he solicited an undercover Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer who was posing as a teenage boy on a dating app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The man, identified as Zasimo Bahonsua was...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 4, 2020 | Press Release
Two teenagers have been charged with murder in connection with a man found shot to death in unincorporated Maine Township, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 28, Sheriff’s Police received a report of a person laying...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 4, 2020 | Press Release
A 48-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the abuse and abandonment of a dog found in Willow Springs, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On Feb. 17 an emaciated and severely dehydrated male pit bull mix was found in a garbage bag on the...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 28, 2020 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn the public of a phone scam in which the caller identifies himself as “Sgt. Dennis Peterson” or “Lt. Jonathan Moore” and claims to be an employee the Sheriff’s Office. The calls have originated from multiple different...
