by Shereen Mohammad | Apr 27, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today the opening of a Sheriff’s Office command post in Chicago’s River North neighborhood to help deter crime, an expansion of the Office’s effort to combat violence throughout the city. The River North...
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 | Mar 1, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart testified today before a U.S. Senate Committee about the Chicago area’s disturbing rise in carjackings and his work with automakers on innovative, comprehensive solutions. Last year there were more than 2,000...
by Shereen Mohammad | Nov 29, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police are seeking two men who carjacked a Glenwood woman, along with two family members, while the woman was attempting to fulfill a delivery of food to an address in Ford Heights on Saturday night. At around 7 p.m., the...
by Mike Pierga | Mar 15, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police arrested a 20-year-old La Grange Park man after he arranged to purchase a vehicle from an individual and then carjacked the victim at gunpoint, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On March 9, the man,...