Press Releases
Communications Department
Phone: (312) 603-3423
E-mail: saomedia@cookcountygov.com

• May 7, 2008: John Ardelean Case
  
  
• February 21. 2008: Devine Honors Annual C.F. Stradford Award Recipients
  
  
• January 29. 2008: City Employee Faces Election Fraud Charges
  
  
• January 29, 2008: Devine Announces Indictments Against Three Cook County Employees and Five Others
  
  
• December 13. 2007: Devine Launches Excessive Force Review Unit
  
  
• November 15. 2007: CTA Employee Indicted for Identity Theft Scam
  
  
• November 13. 2007: 50-year Sentence for Murder Case Solved by Hit on Federal Database Nearly a Decade Later
  
  
• August 28. 2007: Devine Warns Consumers To Use Caution When Choosing A Contractor To Repair Storm Damage
  
  
• August 24. 2007: Devine Applauds Governor's Approval of Domestic Violence Reform
  
  
• August 21. 2007: State's Attorney Devine Scores Victory Against Drug Dealers Who Sell Deadly Fentanyl Drug
  
  
• August 17. 2007: Cook County State's Attorney's Office Hosts Free Business Seminar
  
  
• August 14. 2007: Former County Employee Indicted on Theft Charges
  
  
• August 10. 2007: State's Attorney Devine Announces Election Plans
  
  
• July 25. 2007: Victim Advocacy Groups Speak Out in Favor of COLA's for State's Attorney Employees
  
  
• July 25. 2007: Devine to Present 2007 Arson Prevention Awards
  
  
• May 16. 2007: Charges Announced Against Three Chicago Police Officers
  
  
• May 14. 2007: Five Local Contractors Named in Consumer Fraud Lawsuit
  
  
• April 23. 2007: DNA Clears Man Convicted in 1982 Rape Case
  
  
• February 22. 2007: Devine Announces Election Fraud Charges
  
  
• February 20. 2007: Devine Honors C.F. Stradford Aware Recipients in Bronzeville
  
  
• February 2. 2007: Bad Check Restitution Program Passes $2 Million Mark
  
  
• January 10. 2007: Bond Set at $275,000 for Cook County Jail Guard
  
  
• January 3. 2007: Suburban Fire Lieutenant Charged with Pilfering Over $190,000 from Employer
  
  
• December 20. 2006: Chicago Man Sentenced In Murder of Seven-Year-Old Girl
  
  
• December 14. 2006: Five Charged in Alleged Fencing Operation
  
  
• December 5. 2006: Three New Cops Charged in Home Invasion Scheme
  
  
• November 21. 2006: Devine Urges Shoppers to Protect Themselves from Identity Theft this Holiday Season
  
  
• November 20. 2006: Berwyn Gang Member Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
  
  
• November 3. 2006: Man Who Severed Elderly Victim's Finger Gets 13 Years
  
  
• October 19. 2006: Chicago Priest Faces 30 Years for Theft
  
  
• October 11. 2006: Devine Names Schaumburg Remodeling Company In Suit
  
  
• October 4. 2006: Executive Director of Chicago Charity Charged with Embezzlement
  
  
• September 27. 2006: Devine Helps Protect Local Merchants from Financial Crimes
  
  
• September 25. 2006: Former City Worker Sentenced to 15 Years for Killing Cab Driver
  
  
• September 15. 2006: Real Estate Appraiser Sentenced to 5 Years for Identity Theft
  
  
• September 8. 2006: State's Attorney Devine and the Better Business Bureau Issue a Home Repair Fraud Alert
  
  
• September 7. 2006: Four Chicago Police Officers Charged with Multiple Felonies
  
  
• August 23, 2006: Gang Drug Market Shut Down In Maywood
  
  
• June 12, 2006: State's Attorney To Give Commencement Address at Chicago Military Academy - Bronzeville
  
  
• May 31, 2006: State's Attorney Devine and U.S. Rep Mark Kirk Announce $1 Million Grant to Help Solve Murder Cases
  
  
• May 25, 2006: Mental Health Court Honors First Successful Participants
  
  
• May 15, 2006: State's Attorney Devine Salutes Winners of Anti-Drug Poster Contest
  
  
• May 10, 2006: Devine Honors Citizens with Arson Awards
  
  
• April 18, 2006: $250,000 Fine Levied Against Fraudulent Foreclosure "Rescue" Business
  
  
• March 22, 2006: State's Attorney's Bad Check Program Recovers More Than $1 Million
  
  
• March 15, 2006: Devine Announces Election Fraud Charges
  
  
• March 10, 2006: Suspect Charged in Starkesia Reed Murder
  
  
• February 22, 2006: Devine Celebrates African-American Heritage Month with Annual C.F. Stradford Awards
  
  
• February 10, 2006: Crete Man Banned from Operating Roofing Company
  
  
• January 27, 2006: Man Posing As Attorney Ordered to Pay Over $50,000 to Immigrants in Settlement
  
  
• January 23, 2006: Illegal Dumping Alleged in Dixmoor
  
  
• December 15, 2005: Cook County Employee Charged With Stealing Over $180,000
  
  
• December 6, 2005: Devine Cautions Local Merchants to Beware of Bad Checks This Holiday Season
  
  
• December 1, 2005: Travel Agency Sued for Failing to Provide Refunds
  
  
• December 1, 2005: 10 Year Sentence for Man Who Swindled Senior Citizens
  
  
• November 15 , 2005: Crete Roofing Company Named in Consumer Fraud Suit
  
  
• November 1, 2005: South Side Man Ordered to Repay Elderly Fraud Victims
  
  
• October 27, 2005: State's Attorney Presents 2005 El Humanitario Award
  
  
• September 26, 2005: Devine Names Morton Grove Business in Immigration Fraud Suit
  
  
• September 23, 2005: Burr Ridge Couple, Lawyer, Charged in Insurance Fraud Scheme
  
  
• September 1, 2005: DUI Stings Signal High Alert Before Labor Day Weekend
  
  
• August 31, 2005: State's Attorney Announces Charges Against Man Who Swindled Senior Citizens
  
  
• August 23, 2005: Sauk Village School District 168 Superintendent Charged
  
  
• August 8, 2005: Devine's Bad Check Program Rectifies Over 22,000 Checks in Six Months
  
  
• July 21, 2005: Charges Filed in Buffalo Grove Double Homicide
  
  
• July 15, 2005: Murder Charges Announced Against Chicago Police Officer
  
  
• July 6, 2005: Devine and Other Elected Officials to Host a Community-Based Adult and Juvenile Expungement Summit at Austin High School
  
  
• June 27, 2005: Devine Proposes Fund for Expedited DNA Testing in Child Murders
  
  
• June 10, 2005: State's Attorney Sues Travel Company for Failing to Provide Refunds
  
  
• May 24, 2005: Chicago Remodeling Business Named in Fraud Suit
  
  
• May 23, 2005: State's Attorney Settles Lawsuit for Coverage of Medical Claims
  
  
• May 18, 2005: Devine and the Better Business Bureau Issue Joint Home Repair Fraud Alert
  
  
• May 18, 2005: 2005 Arson Award Winners Honored
  
  
• May 10, 2005: Cook County Unveils New Online Victim Notification System
  
  
• May 3, 2005: State's Attorney Devine Honors Winners of Anti-Drug Poster Contest
  
  
• April 15, 2005: State's Attorney Devine Files Motion to Suspend Nicor Rate Hikes
  
  
• April 14 , 2005: State's Attorney To Honor Dedicated Victim Advocates
  
  
• March 23 , 2005: Cicero Employee Charged with Stealing from Town
  
  
• March 1 , 2005: Principal Charged for Failing to Report Abuse Allegations
  
  
• March 1, 2005: State's Attorney Opposes Nicor Rate Increase
  
  
• February 16, 2005: Four Charged in Fake I.D. Ring
  
  
• February 10, 2005: State's Attorney Honors 2005 Stradford Award Recipients
  
  
• January 31, 2005: Charges Dropped in 1990 Murder Case
  
  
• January 19, 2005: State's Attorney Announces Charges Against Dave Matthews Band Driver
  
  
• December 30, 2004: Joint Sting Nabs 25 DUI Suspects Driving From Courthouse
  
  
• December 10, 2004: Police Officer Charged with Fleecing Elderly Man's Estate
  
  
• November 29, 2004: Devine Appoints Kathleen Bankhead to Chief of Juvenile Justice Bureau
  
  
• November 10 , 2004: Prosecutor Named Chicago-Kent Alumna of the Year
  
  
• November 10 , 2004: State's Attorney Sues Company for Scamming Homeowners
  
  
• October 27, 2004: State's Attorney Presents 2004 El Humanitario Award
  
  
• October 14 , 2004: State's Attorney Announces Theft Charges Against Priest
  
  
• September 29, 2004: Devine Announces Charges in Contract Murder Case
  
  
• September 28, 2004: Prosecutor Anita Alvarez Receives Law Enforcement Award
  
  
• September 27, 2004: Consumer Alert: Guard Against Immigration Fraud
  
  
• September 21, 2004: Two Evanston Police Officers Charged
  
  
• August 23, 2004: State's Attorney Sues Travel Agency for Failing to Provide Refunds
  
  
• August 20, 2004: Consumer Alert: Charitable Solicitations for Victims of Hurricane Charlie
  
  
• August 13, 2004: State's Attorney Devine Protects Southland Nature Preserve
  
  
• August 3, 2004: Devine Announces New Director of Legal Hiring
  
  
• June 22, 2004: Two Local Companies Charged with Home Repair Fraud
  
  
• June 17, 2004: State's Attorney Devine Warns Students and Parents Against Scholarship and Financial Aid Scams
  
  
• June 3, 2004: Police Office Charged with Official Misconduct
  
  
• May 27, 2004: State's Attorney's Investigators Receive Award for Work on Brown's Chicken Murder
  
  
• May 20, 2004: Collaborative Drug Investigation Cripples Gang's Narcotics Business
  
  
• May 11, 2004: State's Attorney Devine Announces Winner of Anti-Drug Poster Contest
  
  
• May 3, 2004: Former Northwestern University Administrator Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Embezzlement
  
  
• April 30, 2004: Cook County State's Attorney Calls on Congress and President Bush to Keep Assault Weapons Ban
  
  
• April 26, 2004: Home Repair Fraud Alert Issued by State's Attorney Richard A. Devine and the Better Business Bureau
  
  
• April 22, 2004: Devine Announces Earth Day Crack Down Against Environmental Hazards
  
  
• April 20, 2004: Devine To Honor Victim Advocates
  
  
• April 19, 2004: Chicago Home Repair Business Named in Suit
  
  
• March 24, 2004: State's Attorney Trains Investigators in Digital Technology
  
  
• March 18, 2004: Assistant State's Attorney Honored by Hispanic Community
  
  
• March 11, 2004: Going On Vacation? Don't Be Taken for a Ride
  
  
• March 9, 2004: Six Home Repair Companies Named In Crackdown
  
  
• February 24, 2004: Laura Bertucci Named Supervisor of the Domestic Violence Division
  
  
• February 4, 2004: Devine Proposes Wireless Phone Users' 'Bill of Rights'
  
  
• December 29, 2003: Matteson Company Sued - Purported to Help Consumers Avoid Foreclosure
  
  
• December 5, 2003: State's Attorney's Office Settles Suits Against Internet Weapons Sites
  
  
• November 24, 2003: Devine Warns Holiday Shoppers of Heightened Financial Identity Theft Risks
  
  
• October 30, 2003: Forest Preserve Police Officer Arrested and Charged with Theft
  
  
• October 2, 2003: State's Attorney Names Cicero Home Repair Business In Consumer Fraud Suit
  
  
• October 1, 2003: State's Attorney Presents 2003 El Humanitario Award
  
  
• September 26, 2003: Home Repair Business Sued
  
  
• September 23, 2003: Devine Announces Charges in E-2 Disaster
  
  
• September 22, 2003: Devine Urges Against Relocation of Maryville Children
  
  
• September 19, 2003: State's Attorney Employee Charge With ID Theft
  
  
• September 11, 2003: Work-At-Home and Mail Order Company Sued
  
  
• September 8, 2003: State's Attorney Announces Release of New Hate Crime Video
  
  
• September 5, 2003: Devine Files Suit Against Internet Weapons Sites
  
  
• August 27, 2003: Devine Files Suit Against Internet Ephedra Sellers