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According to the Sheriff’s office, the spike in thefts is due to a social media craze.

The car thieves seem to be specifically targeting “unoccupied vehicles that require a physical key, not a starter button.”

The thousands of people on electronic monitoring in Chicago area prohibited from having weapons or guns in their homes as they await trial. But through regular searches, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office says it keeps finding firearms. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office says deputies have recovered more than 80 firearms so far this year while searching the homes of individuals who are on electronic monitoring.

Early voting is already underway in Cook County, but two candidates in the Cook County Sheriff’s race are still facing ballot challenges. Sheriff Tom Dart is trying to remove two opponents from the ballot, and on Thursday, he was a no-show for a major debate. Mary Ann Ahern reports.

One of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s political opponents was thrown from the primary race this week due to a new law that requires those running to be a certified law enforcement officer. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Cook County Sheriff’s deputies exchanged gunfire with a suspect on Chicago’s Far South Side Wednesday, leaving the man in critical condition at an area hospital.

A top official with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has resigned following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations, a spokesman with the Sheriff’s Office confirmed Saturday. The law enforcement official in question is Patrick Dwyer, who served as executive officer with the Sheriff’s Office. After becoming aware of complaints Dwyer “initiated inappropriate and unsolicited sexual comments toward a colleague...

A person was injured after crashing into a Cook County Sheriff’s squad car Wednesday night on Highway 57 in Markham.

The Cook County sheriff’s office announced Sunday it will be suspending in-person visits at the Cook County Jail in hopes of warding off another coronavirus outbreak as cases rise across the county. The suspension is effective Monday, the sheriff’s office announced, citing the rising case numbers as well as the stay-at-home advisory issued Thursday for Chicago and suburban Cook County. “For...

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that officers who were suspended while undergoing disciplinary proceedings can sue the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for backpay lost during their suspensions. In the 4-3 decision on Thursday, the state’s high court upheld an appeals court’s ruling allowing officers to sue Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office over the legitimacy of the merit board...

A 28-year-old man who was shot by a Cook County Sheriff’s police while running from a traffic stop Wednesday on the Southwest Side faces multiple felony charges. Durell Foster was charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a substance, Chicago police said Friday. Authorities were patrolling near Stickney at 7:20...

The Cook County sheriff’s office released a video Thursday that shows a deputy shooting an allegedly armed man as he runs from police on the Southwest Side. The sheriff’s office released the video after family disputed he was armed when an officer shot him twice while allegedly running from a traffic stop. In addition to the video, the sheriff’s...

A Cook County sheriff’s deputy fired at a suspect who displayed a gun while running from a traffic stop Sunday evening in south suburban Ford Heights, police said. A Cook County Sheriff’s Office deputy tried to pull a vehicle over in the area of Lincoln Highway and Lexington Avenue when numerous subjects exited the vehicle and ran in multiple...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart was moving to temporarily strip as many as seven deputies of their police powers after the county’s public defender complained that deputies had apparently posted insulting and threatening comments online after a march in support of Black Lives Matter, his spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Matt Walberg said the investigation to identify the deputies and...

A Cook County sheriff’s deputy accidentally shot herself in the hip Wednesday in the restroom of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center on the Near West Side. Chicago police said a female law enforcement officer accidentally discharged her weapon, striking her hip, about 8:25 a.m. in the 2200 block of West Ogden Avenue. Law enforcement sources said the woman was a…

An 18-year-old man was fatally shot Friday in south suburban Ford Heights.

A real ass was seen on I-90 near Arlington Heights Wednesday—prompting a Cook County sheriff’s deputy to pull over and take action.

It was a somber Monday in Palos Heights as friends, family and fellow officers paid their final respects to a Cook County Sheriff’s Officer.