by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 25, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A woman who allegedly suffocated her newborn child and buried him in the back yard of her residence is scheduled to appear in court today charged with First Degree Murder, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Sometime between Oct 31, 2020, and...
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 25, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today that one of the six remaining unnamed John Wayne Gacy victims has been identified with the assistance of genetic genealogy. Cook County Sheriff’s Police identified Victim #5 found in...
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 19, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – A second person has been charged in connection with trafficking a Chicago woman and then later kidnapping her, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Corey Bryant, 39, of the 5500 block of West Gladys Avenue in Chicago, was charged on...
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 15, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Jail’s Chess Team finished 3rd in its division during the championship round of the largest international chess competition for detained individuals, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Hosted by Cook County Jail and sanctioned by...
by Shereen Mohammad | Oct 14, 2021 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins proposed legislation today to ban ‘ghost guns,’ which are homemade, untraceable weapons that are increasingly being found by police fighting Chicago area violence....