One of two Zion women has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after prosecutors say they stole merchandise from Macy’s and then led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash in DuPage County.
Asia Wallace, 32, of Zion, and Kayshanda Outlaw, 24, of Zion, were both charged in June with one count of burglary, a Class 2 felony, and one count of retail theft, a Class 3 felony.
Wallace faces an additional charge of aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer, a Class 4 felony.
The charges stem from a retail theft in progress call that the Oak Brook Police Department was called to at Macy’s in Oak Brook Center around 3:41 p.m. on June 29.
Prosecutors said Wallace and Outlaw selected numerous items of children’s clothing and exited the store without paying for any of the items.
Outlaw allegedly exited with merchandise valued at approximately $839.15 and Wallace allegedly exited with merchandise valued at approximately $625.50.
Both women entered a silver Hyundai Sonata, with Outlaw driving, and attempted to flee the scene, prosecutors said.
Oak Brook officers used a marked squad car to attempt to block the Hyundai. Outlaw sideswiped the squad car as she sped to the exit of the parking lot.
Officers activated their emergency lights and sirens and initiated pursuit of the suspects northbound on Route 83.
During the pursuit, Outlaw reached speeds of approximately 90 mph, prosecutors said.
Outlaw exited Route 83 and continued to flee eastbound on Butterfield Road where she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into another vehicle at Butterfield Road and Prospect Avenue.
Both women fled the vehicle on foot but were taken into custody after a brief foot pursuit, prosecutors said.
The driver of the impacted vehicle was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
“The allegations that in the middle of the afternoon these two defendants stole more than $1,400 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Macy’s and then side-swiped a squad car before leading authorities on a high-speed chase are extremely disturbing,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said at the time.
“To make matters worse, it is alleged that Ms. Outlaw not only crashed her car into an innocent motorist’s car, sending the driver to the hospital with minor injuries, but she did so in a largely residential area in front of a school,” Berlin said.
Court records show Outlaw pleaded guilty to burglary, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated fleeing to elude, a Class 4 felony, and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation.
She will receive credit for five days spent in custody.
The case against Wallace remains active and an arrest warrant has been issued for her after she failed to appear in court.