Cook County Sheriff's Office

The Sheriff's Office wants to create a database for people repeatedly caught buying sex.

Sheriff's officers will now patrol the South Side and help Chicago police with other duties.

A fight broke out among detainees housed in Division 9, the jail's super-maximum security division. 

Jimmie Smith had a contraband laptop where he recorded "talk-show style" videos, officials said.

The inmates await trial and have not been convicted of a crime, which costs taxpayers a ton, Dart said.

Deonta Mackey, 16, was fatally shot during the attempted robbery at a gas station, officials said.

More than 150 officers from across the county assisted in the operation. A shooting suspect was arrested.

The deputy was injured in the foot.

The brawl played out on a bus on the Dan Ryan and Stevenson expressways Wednesday afternoon.

Though the women were found in a suburban nature preserve, authorities said they were killed in Chicago.

Davenkeith Howard, 36, was charged with identity theft, police said.

Steven Derkits, 30, accidentally released in July, is accused of battering the same woman Monday night.

Ata Yousef El Ammouri is charged with the murder of Joe Harris.

No human remains were found at the Northwest Side home where Gacy once did 'odd jobs,' officials said.