A man told police he drank a “sh– ton” during a traffic stop in Crystal Lake where he crashed his car before being arrested for his seventh driving under the influence offense Sunday evening.
Eduardo Calleros, 54, of Crystal Lake, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence with six or more prior offenses, driving while license revoked or suspended, two counts of aggravated driving under the influence and obstructing a peace officer.
A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court said a traffic stop was conducted on a 2024 Chevrolet 2500 truck driven by Calleros.
The Crystal Lake Police Department conducted the stop around 9:27 p.m. Sunday.
The complaint said Calleros was under the influence of alcohol and driving without valid insurance.
He was also driving on a suspended or revoked driver’s license, the complaint said.
Calleros crashed after failing to stop for officers during the traffic stop, the complaint said.
The complaint said officers noted a strong odor of alcohol coming from Calleros’ breath and he was unable to stand still.
Calleros nearly fell over numerous times and told an officer he “had drank a s–t ton” but refused to participate in field sobriety testing, the complaint said.
Calleros also refused to provide a breath sample and a court-authorized search warrant was obtained.
Calleros refused to comply with the search warrant that ordered a blood sample to be obtained, the complaint said.
The most serious charge against the man was initially aggravated driving under the influence with five prior offenses, a Class 1 felony.
The charge is not detainable under the Illinois SAFE-T Act and Calleros appeared in Initial Appearance Court on Monday where he was released by McHenry County Judge Cynthia Lamb.
Lamb placed Calleros on pre-trial supervision, ordered him not to consume alcohol, placed him on an alcohol monitoring device and ordered him not to operate a motor vehicle without a valid license.
Prosecutors upgraded the charges on Tuesday to a Class X felony after finding out that Calleros actually has six prior driving under the influence offenses on his record — an offense that is detainable under the SAFE-T Act.
Those offenses occurred from 2004 to 2015 and occurred in the Chicagoland area as well as Harris County, Texas.
They also filed a petition to detain Calleros pending trial and a hearing on the petition is set for Friday morning.