Man escapes Cook County Jail
— May 10, 2020A detainee whose criminal history includes aggravated battery of a police officer got out of Cook County Jail by using…
A detainee whose criminal history includes aggravated battery of a police officer got out of Cook County Jail by using…
Having just been freed from Cook County Jail by a man he had never met, Robert Harrington smiled and rolled his thanks and praise into a single sentence. “God bless you, Willie Wilson,”…
Criminal charges are being sought against two Cook County Jail detainees after three correctional officers were injured — one seriously — during an April 14 attack in a jail division….
A former Cook County Jail inmate has been sentenced to three years in federal prison as part of a plot to smuggle marijuana into the jail. Lavangelist Powell, 24, of Chicago was sentenced…
A Chicago alderman is calling on representatives of three Cook County agencies to brief city leaders on the impact proposed changes to the state’s bail bond system would have….
An unrelated police pursuit led to a Chicago teen being charged in connection with a Chicago Heights murder. Michael Caraway, 18, a resident of the 2900 block of South State Street,…
A detainee at the Cook County Jail has been charged in the death of his cellmate. Christian Gonzalez, 24, of Chicago has been charged with first-degree murder, following a Cook County…
Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans ordered cash-bail reform changes July 17 for procedures in bail hearings and pre-trial release. As of Sept. 18, criminal court judges…