The fentanyl pills were found in a pocket sewn into his pant leg, the sheriff's office said.

All of a sudden, the correctional officer appears to attack the detainee, punching him and eventually wrestling him to the ground. Two Cook County inmates died while in custody, one of whom was beaten ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago woman is facing a felony charge after authorities say she snuck a cellphone into the Cook County Jail and gave it to an inmate while she was working as a member of the jail's ...

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The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this ...

While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the successful completion of a DePaul University statistics class held at Cook ...

Jermont Terry joined the CBS 2 team in October 2019. He's born and raised on Chicago's South Side. He's happy to return home to report on his community after 18 years of uncovering stories across the ...

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