Cook County Crime Stoppers could slow operations if funding not secured by new year
Paul Rutherford was first introduced to the Cook County Crime Stoppers when the violence prevention group helped solve the murder of his 23-year-old brother Joshua Rutherford in Cicero over two decades ago. Now, having worked with the organization since and serving the last couple of years as chairman, Rutherford said the group is running out of money — and if it can’t get stable funding, Crime Stoppers' operations will need to "slow down" starting Jan. 1. "Fighting crime is a 24-hour…
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