4 carjacking suspects arrested after pursuit by state police ends in Chicago
Illinois state police said they spotted a vehicle on I-290 that was involved in a carjacking around 4:30 a.m.
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Illinois state police said they spotted a vehicle on I-290 that was involved in a carjacking around 4:30 a.m.
Dash cam video captured the moment a driver fled from police, leading them on a chase exceeding 100 mph from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, into Illinois.
Around 5:30 p.m. Friday, a Michigan City police officer performed a traffic stop on a red Dodge SUV for an equipment violation in the 5800 block of South Franklin Street.
Three suspects were then taken into custody, ISP said.
The chase was terminated when the man exited at Cicero into a residential area.
Norbert Thigpen, 36, of Burbank, Illinois, was charged with two felony counts of armed robbery with discharge of a firearm and one felony count of fleeing police.
A trooper attempted to stop a car wanted for aggravated battery with unlawful use of a weapon on DuSable Lake Shore Drive at Montrose.
Illinois State Police say around 6:05 p.m., troopers located a black BMW that was wanted in connection with a previous shooting. While attempting a traffic stop, the vehicle fled from troopers.
A Crete man is in custody after robbing a store and then fleeing from police in Joliet early Sunday morning.
We have been trying to get in touch with neighbors all day – but everyone with whom we spoke said the crime was so quiet, they had no idea it was even happening.
Law enforcement sources tell us a license plate reader picked up a wanted car after a home invasion Thursday on the Far South Side.
The teens were arrested Saturday following a disturbance inside a movie theater in Joliet, according to police.
The vehicle was observed in traffic and was monitored by police helicopter, police say.
