CHICAGO A total of 94 criminal defendants who have been charged with taking the life of another person are out of jail on ankle monitors in the Chicago area. Four years ago this figure was 31, the Chicago Tribune reported. Beyond those charged with murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicide and the
Nearly 100 accused killers in Cook County, Illinois, are out on the streets, instead of in jail, as they await their trials for murder amid a surge in violent crime in Chicago.
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New resource center to aid Cook County residents with social services
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A new community resource center is opening to help people in Cook County navigate social services.
CHICAGO - A new community resource center is opening to help people in Cook County navigate social services.
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart made the announcement on Wednesday.
Dart says programs that have been used in jail for over a decade will now be available to the general public. Those programs include trying to help people obtain housing, mental health and substance abuse.
Dart says he hopes people in the community take advantage of the resources.
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Twenty-one men were arrested Thursday after responding to online prostitution advertisements in Northwest Cook County.
Sheriff’s police set up meetings at a hotel with would-be buyers and an officer posing as a person selling sex online, the Cook County sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Once the man agreed to exchange money for sex, an officer waiting outside entered the hotel room and took the man into custody, the sheriff’s office said.
All of the men were issued $1,000 citations for violation of the county’s public morals nuisance ordinance, and 17 vehicles were towed, the sheriff’s office said. The owner is required to pay $500 to reclaim the vehicles.