Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After months of planning and discussion, the Cook County sheriff’s office starting Tuesday will no longer accept new electronic ...

Roughly 8% of the more than 3,000 people enrolled in the often-criticized electronic monitoring system in Cook County are missing, according to the chief judge. In other words: 243 people are missing.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are more than three thousand people charged with crimes right now wearing ankle bracelets in Cook County so authorities can keep track of them; a more than 30-percent spike in ...

One in 12 accused criminals in Cook County's electronic monitoring program are currently AWOL, according to a new report from the county's chief judge.

Of the nearly 250 people considered AWOL from Cook County's electronic monitoring program​, almost a third of them are facing ...

Earlier this month, at around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police officers noticed a car with a broken headlight and initiated a stop. The officers spotted a black bag on the floorboard, felt an L-shaped object ...

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Montgomery County Municipal Courts electronic monitoring by judge as of Sept. 17: Judge Carl Henderson, Dayton: 9 Judge Christopher Roberts, Dayton: 7 Judge Daniel Gehres, Dayton: 3 Judge Deirdre ...