George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse — Reported First Appearance Hearing Site
A delivery van carrying nothing more suspicious than printer paper rolled up to Cook County Jail on October 13, and correctional officers who searched it found a lot more than office supplies. Hidden inside, investigators say, was a ghost gun loaded with a magazine, and a second search of the vehicle turned up a pair of brass knuckles as well.
According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, correctional officers were the ones who intercepted the cargo van as it delivered printer paper to the jail that day. Once the ghost gun turned up, the Sheriff’s Office’s Department of Investigations and Intelligence was called in to dig deeper, and that is when the brass knuckles surfaced during the follow-up search of the vehicle. The searches uncovered both items.
Investigators Trace the Contraband to a 64-Year-Old Chicago Man
Investigators determined the contraband belonged to Jeffery Burks, a 64-year-old Chicago resident, the sheriff’s office said in its post. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office went on to approve felony charges against Burks on October 13 for bringing a firearm into a penal institution, bringing a weapon into a penal institution, and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon…