Tag result for article published on Wed May 15 2013 3:23 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: body found, body found North Riverside, Cook County Sheriff's Police, North Riverside
NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced the late afternoon Tuesday the recovery of a young boy’s body in the Des Plaines River near McCormick Woods at the intersection of First Avenue and 31st Street. An autopsy will be performed today (Wednesday) by a Cook County Medical Examiner to identify the [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun May 05 2013 10:00 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff, Cook County Sheriff's Police, saturation patrols
Cook County, IL – Extra patrols by Cook County Sheriff’s police will be taking place this weekend as part of an ongoing effort to keep streets safe and help prevent crime, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. The saturation patrols will be county wide and run from 9 p.m. Saturday, May 4 through Sunday, May [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu May 02 2013 11:13 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff's Police, criminal sexual abuse, criminal sexual assault
Danny Sims (Law Enforcement Photo). Danny Sims, of the 2200 block of Nichols Road in unincorporated Arlington Heights, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday in exchange for pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two girls over a period of about five years beginning when the girls were age 11 and 13. Danny Sims originally [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue April 30 2013 10:46 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff's Police, gun sweep
This year Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart launched an aggressive effort to remove guns from those who possess them illegally and to confiscate revoked Firearm Owners Identification Card from individuals who have become prohibited from possessing the card under state and federal law. Since initiating the Sheriff’s Gun Suppression Unit seven weeks ago, 83 [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon April 29 2013 7:44 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aggravated battery to a police officer, Cook County Sheriff's Police, unincorporated Des Plaines
MAINE TOWNSHIP, IL – A 22-year-old Maine Township woman is facing felony charges for assaulting Cook County Sheriff’s Police officers Sunday morning, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. Around 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Cook County Sheriff’s Police responded with North Maine Fire Department after a resident in the 8800 block of Robin Drive in Maine Township [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat April 27 2013 6:27 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff's Police, FOID card, gun sweep
COOK COUNTY, IL – During a community safety initiative in the south suburbs, Cook County Sheriff’s police recovered a 38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver from an individual whose FOID card was revoked for mental health reasons, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. During the Wednesday sweep that included Calumet City, Lansing, Burnham and surrounding areas, [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon April 22 2013 11:20 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff, Cook County Sheriff's Police, domestic dispute, justice, Roberts Park Fire Protection District
Richard Vody (Cook County Sheriff’s Police photo). JUSTICE, IL – A 28-year-old Justice man has been charged for biting a piece of another man’s ear off during a domestic dispute, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. Richard Vody, of the 7800 block of Garden Lane, was charged with one count of home invasion, [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri March 29 2013 8:31 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aggravated battery, aggravated battery Elk Grove Township, battery, Cook County Sheriff's Police
A 21-year-old man has been charged with home invasion and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for an attack that included using a handheld dumbbell, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Thursday. Around 4:50 p.m. on Monday two men entered the mobile home in the 2300 block of East Oakton in unincorporated Cook County [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed March 13 2013 4:14 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Cook County Sheriff's Police, Cook County Sheriff’s Eviction Unit, Python, Python Chicago
CHICAGO, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Eviction Unit deputies found an unusual inhabitant of a Chicago apartment this morning: a three-foot Burmese Python, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. About 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, deputies enforcing a court-ordered eviction in the 500 block of East Bowen Avenue in Chicago found the python in an aquarium located [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat March 02 2013 9:53 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse Mount Prospect, Cook County Sheriff's Police, sexual predator
Pareshkumar Desai (Cook County Sheriff’s police photo). COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public’s help in locating additional victims of a man suspected of sexually abusing young girls. Pareshkumar Desai, 50, of Des Plaines, was charged Feb. 20 with seven counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, two [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri February 22 2013 11:49 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff's Police, misconduct, mob action, obstructing justice, official misconduct, police misconduct
Today the Cook County Sheriff’s Office charged and arrested Correctional Officer Delphia A. Sawyer, 31, of the 8700 block of Covington Drive in Justice and Correctional Officer Pamela R. Bruce, 30, of the 00 block of East 87th Street in Chicago. The two individuals were charged with the felonies of obstructing justice, perjury, official misconduct [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri February 01 2013 11:53 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: capture, convicted killer, Cook County Sheriff's Police, manhunt
Steven L. Robbins back in custody (Cook County Sheriff’s police photo). COOK COUNTY, IL – Steven L. Robbins has been apprehended and is back in custody of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said tonight. Robbins, 44, was taken into custody by Cook County Sheriff’s Police without incident in the 400 block [...]
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