Charges have been filed against a man accused of leading police on a high-speed pursuit in Lake Zurich and Hawthorn Woods and causing crashes before running on foot from officers Tuesday.
The Hawthorn Woods Police Department received a report of a reckless driver on southbound Fairfield Road around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday.
Lake Zurich Deputy Police Chief Colin Gaffney said Hawthorn Woods officers attempted to stop the black Hyundai sedan but it refused to stop.
The Hyundai, which was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, committed numerous traffic violations, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the car failed to stop at red lights and stop signs and made an illegal U-turn while fleeing.
It struck lane dividers near the Hawthorn Woods Aquatic Center and officers continued to try to stop the car, Gaffney said.
The Hyundai later sideswiped a car while attempting to pass it on Oakwood Road in Lake Zurich. No injuries were reported.
Prosecutors said the suspect vehicle also recklessly passed numerous school buses.
Gaffney said the Hyundai continued fleeing and was last seen in a subdivision in Lake Zurich.
The Lake Zurich Police Department located the Hyundai stopped near Bristol Trail Road and Stanton Court.
The suspect driver, Jerimiah Lyons, 18, of Waukegan, was standing outside the car talking to the driver of another vehicle, Gaffney said.
Gaffney said Lyons fled on foot into residential backyards and officers pursued him. He was apprehended around 9 a.m. near Ferndale Court.
Officers learned the car, which became disabled at the end of the incident, was stolen out of Lake Zurich, Gaffney said.
Sarah Adams Elementary School entered into a “hold in place” until the situation was resolved.
Lyons was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, two counts of aggravated fleeing to elude, possession of burglary tools, obstructing a peace officer, reckless driving, unlawful possession of cannabis by a driver and speeding.
Additional charges are possible. The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to detain Lyons pending trial.
He appeared in court Wednesday morning for a First Appearance hearing and Lake County Judge Ruth Lofthouse ordered him held in the Lake County Jail until a detention hearing, which she scheduled for Thursday afternoon.