by Shereen Mohammad | Feb 22, 2023 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Three people have been charged after Cook County Sheriff’s Police recovered a stolen vehicle and a loaded firearm, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 11 p.m. on Feb. 21, Sheriff’s Police Investigators working as part of the...
by Shereen Mohammad | Jun 6, 2022 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart today urged lawmakers to finally close a loophole that allows thousands of individuals with revoked gun permits to still buy ammunition. “A gun is only dangerous if it is loaded. Right now, there are thousands of...
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....
by Mike Pierga | Jul 31, 2020 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – With Chicago reeling from a sharp increase in shootings and gun-related homicides this year, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is calling on the Illinois General Assembly to pass legislation designed to prevent ammunition from getting into the hands...
by Sophia Ansari | Jun 6, 2018 | Press Release
A gun owner has been charged after a 5-year-old boy was accidently shot by another child this week in Ford Heights, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 11:25 a.m. on June 4, Sheriff’s Police responded to the 1100 block of Drexel for a...
