This is the Cook County, Illinois prison facility. It is somewhat unnerving to realize the level of gun violence in Cook County only to realize the Sheriff Department was a player in that violence. How many people residing in that facility have stories to tell?
COOK COUNTY, Ill., Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/
..."Our gun violence epidemic (click here) is destroying communities and setting back an entire generation of young Chicagoans," said Sheriff Dart. "With this partnership, we're taking guns that would otherwise be incinerated and turning them into something beautiful, while benefiting a local organization working on the front lines to stop the bloodshed."...
November 4, 2014
COOK COUNTY, Ill., Oct. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/
..."Our gun violence epidemic (click here) is destroying communities and setting back an entire generation of young Chicagoans," said Sheriff Dart. "With this partnership, we're taking guns that would otherwise be incinerated and turning them into something beautiful, while benefiting a local organization working on the front lines to stop the bloodshed."...
November 4, 2014
By Maggie Carlo
A Cook County Sheriff’s deputy (click here) faces charges himself after prosecutor say he orchestrated a scheme to rip off drug dealers instead of putting them behind bars.
In a 30-page criminal complaint, the feds outline their case against 44-year-old Cook County Sheriff’s Officer Robert Vaughan. They allege Vaughn, who was actually a member of a team that worked to fight drug trafficking, was himself robbing dealers of drugs and money and in some cases re-selling those drugs.
Meanwhile, Vaughn’s partner, 45-year old Stanley Kogut, who was also arrested Monday but had yet to be charged, was found dead Tuesday morning at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in an apparent suicide....
