A Schaumburg man faces up to 30 years in prison after a jury on Wednesday convicted him of dragging and injuring a police officer half a mile with his car in Island Lake.
Lanord Miles, 30, of Schaumburg, was charged in June 2022 with manufacturing or delivery of cocaine, aggravated battery of a peace officer, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, possession of cocaine, two counts of driving under the influence and speeding.
Prosecutors said an Island Lake police officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Miles was driving on June 11, 2022.
Miles refused the police officer’s orders during the stop and began to drive away, prosecutors said.
Miles used his vehicle to drag an Island Lake police officer southbound on Eastway Drive from Forest Drive in Island Lake, according to a criminal complaint filed in Lake County Circuit Court.
The vehicle dragged the officer for about half of a mile before the officer released his grip from the vehicle, the complaint said.
The officer suffered substantial abrasions and contusions to his arm as a result of the incident.
Miles was later arrested and found with a clear plastic bag that had 12 individually wrapped white rock-like substances which tested positive for cocaine, the complaint said.
He also had two other bags that contained powder-like and rock-like substances that tested positive for cocaine.
Miles intended to deliver the 25 grams of cocaine he had wrapped in plastic bags, the complaint said.
A judge set Miles’ bond at $200,000 and he was released the day after his arrest when he posted 10% of the bond, court records show.
A jury trial began on Monday and lasted three days.
The jury returned guilty verdicts after two hours of deliberations for the charges of possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony, and two counts of aggravated battery of a peace officer, a Class 2 felony.
“This offender committed incredibly serious offenses that endangered not only the brave police officer but also the residents of Island Lake. Such violent acts will lead to our office requesting significant incarceration in order to protect the community,” Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said following the verdict.
“I greatly appreciate the fine work of our outstanding prosecutors and investigators who secured this verdict,” Rinehart said.
The charges carry a sentence of four to 15 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections but due to Miles’ criminal background, he could receive an extended sentence of up to 30 years.
A judge revoked Miles’ bond following the trial and a hearing on motions and sentencing is scheduled for September 7.
Rinehart said Miles originally would have qualified for being held pre-trial without the ability to post bond if the SAFE-T Act’s provision for cashless bail was in effect when he was arrested.
Cash bail in Illinois is set to end on September 18 following the state’s supreme court ruling last month.