Tom Dart

Dart Backs Electronic Monitoring For Nonviolent Offenders

CBS2 | Kristyn Hartman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

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In tough money times, when budgets are tight, Cook County taxpayers are paying more to jail some non-violent offenders who could be electronically mon...

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'Operation Room Service': 100 Arrested, $100,000 Recovered In Sting

Chicago Public Radio | Susie An | Posted 10.29.2009 | Chicago

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More than 100 people were arrested and more than $100,000 in drugs and cash seized as part of a six-month investigation dubbed "Operation Room Service...

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Craigslist Prostitution Lawsuit Thrown Out

Bloomberg News | Andrew M. Harris | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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Craigslist won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, that accused the classified ads Web site of creating a public nui...

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Who Should Claypool Voters Choose? Probably Preckwinkle

Paras Bhayani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

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Paras Bhayani

The voters who would have backed Claypool, many of whom live on the North Side and in suburban Cook County, might well be the swing votes in this election.

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Keeping Score in Chicago Episode 24: 'Big Iron' Tom Dart On Why He's A Thinkin' Man's Sheriff

Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago

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Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks

The guy who takes on Craigslist and saves puppies, but won't put political ambition in front of his wife and five kids, talks about why an eventual run for Mayor isn't out of the question.

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Dogfighting Ring Busted At Suburban Day Care (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

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SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES Cook County sheriffs raided a suburban day care Tuesday after learning it was being used as a front for what officers describ...

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Senate Race Roundup: Dart Not Running, Hoffman Lands Endorsements

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

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Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart will not cave to national Democrats who have been urging him to run for the U.S. Senate and will instead seek re-election...

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Renter's Champion Sheriff Dart Sued Over Slow Pace Of Evictions

CBS 2 | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago

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He's known across the country as the sheriff who stood up for the little guy, the renter or owner caught in the foreclosure crisis. Time magazine name...

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Tom Dart For Senate? Anxious Democrats Reportedly Courting Sheriff To Challenge Kirk

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago

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It's been a rough week for the Democrats hoping to take over President Obama's former Senate seat from retiring incumbent Roland Burris. First, a Ras...

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Authorities Stop Collecting Evidence At Desecrated Burr OakAuthorities Stop Collecting Evidence At Desecrated Burr Oak

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 09.07.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. — Investigators stopped collecting evidence Friday at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago where workers allegedly dug up c...

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Skeleton In Suit And Tie Found Without Casket At Burr Oak

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 08.31.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. — Skeletal remains of a man wearing a suit and tie were found sitting in a burial vault with no casket in sight at a historic black ...

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Burr Oak Update: Cook County To Sue Cemetery Owners, Over 200 Bones Found

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to sue the owners of a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago to recover the...

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Burr Oak Official: Sheriff Exaggerated Crime, Bones Didn't Litter Cemetery

ABC 7 | Ben Bradley | Posted 08.19.2009 | Chicago

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A war of words began Saturday as those who run Burr Oak Cemetery fired back at Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. Cemetery authorities say the sheriff has...

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Identifying The Thousands Of 'Jumbled Bones' At Burr Oak Cemetery Nearly Impossible: Experts

AP | RUPA SHENOY | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved...

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Court Appoints New Director For Scandal-Plagued Burr Oak Cemetery, Class Action Suit Filed

AP/Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- A Cook County judge has appointed a veteran cemetery director to run everyday operations at Burr Oak Cemetery, where an investigation ...

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State Sues Burr Oak As Sheriff Asks Third Party To Run Desecrated Cemetery (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago

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(SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW) Saying that his office is overwhelmed having assumed virtual responsibility for managing Burr Oak Cemetery, Cook County S...

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Emmett Till's Original Casket Found Rusting In Shack At Burr Oak Cemetery

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. — Some horrified relatives who searched Friday for loved ones' plots at a historic black cemetery at the center of a gravedigging sc...

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Burr Oak Cemetery Alsip, IL: 4 Accused Of Digging Up Bodies For Profit

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. — Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping s...

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Emmett Till Memorial Fund Scam Part Of Burr Oak Cemetery Scheme

Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

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The woman behind a long-running scheme to dig up bodies and resell the grave sites in a historic African American cemetery also embezzled funds from a...

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Burr Oak Cemetery: 4 Charged With Dismembering At Least 300 Bodies In Graveyard Scam

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

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ALSIP, Ill. — (AP) Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dump...

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A Cook in Congress

Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

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Shawn Healy

Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.

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Dorothy Brown Enters Race For Cook County Board President

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

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The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...

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Danny Davis Polling For County Board President Run

Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago

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Another big local name is considering running for Cook County Board president. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is forming an exploratory committee to weigh a r...

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A Ticket For Marijuana Possession In Cook County? Reduced Pot Penalty Proposed As Budget Woes Deepen

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.21.2009 | Chicago

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Getting caught with a small amount of marijuana would not automatically lead to arrest if a Cook County Commissioner gets her way. An ordinance propo...

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Sheriff Hires Ex-Prostitutes, Closes Mother-Daughter Brothel

Huffington Post | Posted 07.11.2009 | Chicago

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The Cook County sheriff's office has added two former prostitutes to the payroll as part of its efforts to combat the world's oldest profession, STNG ...

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