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Home » Cook County Sheriff

Tag: Cook County Sheriff

Posted inNews & Politics

‘All I feel is loss’

by Leor Galil July 7, 2022July 9, 2022

After nearly two years on electronic monitoring, Jeremey “Mohawk” Johnson’s ankle bracelet is finally off.

Posted inNews

False alarms

by Matt Chapman, Natalie Frazier and The TRiiBE June 9, 2022June 17, 2022

Ankle-monitor alerts garner phone calls and visits from sheriffs officers—­but more than 80 percent are bogus, according to a University of Chicago analysis.

Posted inNews

22 months

by Leor Galil June 9, 2022July 8, 2022

Jeremey Johnson has chronicled nearly two years of pretrial house arrest.

Posted inNews & Politics

That lockout you witnessed? It didn’t happen.

by Maya Dukmasova September 17, 2020August 18, 2021

Ex-cops attempted to throw out a Rogers Park tenant at gunpoint. The police report tells a different story.

Posted inCity Life

When Cook County enlisted the Marines to fight marijuana

by Jeff Nichols December 20, 2019August 18, 2021

A sheriff, a pack of journalists, and three sergeants walked into a field of weed . . . with flamethrowers.

Posted inBlogs

Second City Cop blog celebrates slain CPD commander

by Maya Dukmasova February 14, 2018August 18, 2021

“We can’t think of a single significant instance where he was the target of someone’s ire,” the Chicago police hive-mind blog reflects.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Data Collaborative launches criminal justice data portal

by Maya Dukmasova January 25, 2018August 18, 2021

The cooperative connects the dots between data sets about the same person or case buried among various city and county agencies.

Posted inBlogs

Masturbation epidemic in Cook County court lockups raises questions about jail conditions, county budget, defendants’ rights

by Maya Dukmasova November 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Public defenders, especially women, are being sexually harassed while visiting defendants in lockup.

Posted inNews & Politics

Attorneys: Cook County eviction court proceedings are ‘black box’

by Maya Dukmasova December 21, 2016August 18, 2021

The odds of winning in eviction court are stacked against tenants; a lack of transparency is part of the problem.

Posted inBlogs

DOJ’s new stance on bail bonds won’t help poor inmates in Cook County Jail

by Maya Dukmasova August 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Illinois law already prohibits fixed bail, and the poor are disproportionately jailed anyway.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago police union hires Jason Van Dyke, and other news

by Kate Shepherd April 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, don’t rule out a 2019 mayoral run from Cook County sheriff Tom Dart.

Posted inBlogs

Who wants to live next to a grow house?

by Mick Dumke August 15, 2012August 19, 2021

Not many people want to live next to a serious marijuana operation

Posted inBlogs

Pot busts of the week: green thumbs in Joliet, the righteous reverend of Ontario, a craving for “meat” at Subway

by Mick Dumke June 3, 2011August 19, 2021

Intensive gardening in Joliet and other marijuana-law defying acts.

Posted inNews & Politics

Mayoral Material?

by Mick Dumke March 11, 2010August 19, 2021

Ten to watch, even as they demur

Posted inBlogs

Tom Dart: Live at the Cook County Jail

by Mick Dumke September 14, 2009August 19, 2021

Sheriff Tom Dart is taking a pass on the opportunity to run for higher office. A recent tour of Cook County Jail with him suggests he actually likes the job.

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