by Kailah Stewart | May 24, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart applauded the Illinois General Assembly’s passage of legislation that eliminates out-of-pocket expenses for first responders seeking mental health treatment. “We rely on our first responders to be there for us when...
by Shereen Mohammad | May 16, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Nearly three out of every four revoked FOID card holders have either not accounted for their firearms or returned their FOID cards, according to a new report compiled by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. According to the report, of the more than...
by Shereen Mohammad | Feb 14, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A 41-year-old man has been charged with attempt murder and additional felonies following a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation into a shooting that occurred in Ford Heights last month, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately...
by Kelly Brady | 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...
by Shereen Mohammad | Jan 31, 2024 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, in partnership with the International Chess Federation, is proud to announce the Chess for Freedom Program at the Cook County Jail has been awarded in two categories at the 3rd Annual Anthem Awards for the...