Cell Phones And Cook County’s Criminal Court Building

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Cell Phones And Cook County’s Criminal Court Building

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Officials from the Cook County Sheriff’s office were on hand, yesterday, to help people who showed up to court with cell phones.

Electronic devices aren’t allowed in courtrooms, and public lockers where people normally stored those items were removed this week.  Some people going to the Cook County Criminal Court Building are coming up with some creative places to store their cell phones.