Man Smashes Car Window, Forces Elderly Woman Out: Police

ALGONQUIN, IL – A 30-year-old man is accused breaking the window of a car in the parking lot of a grocery store in Algonquin Tuesday while an elderly woman was still in the driver's seat, according to police. The woman was able to safely exit the vehicle before the suspect hopped in and fled in the car.

Algonquin police officers were first called to the area of Sunrise Lane in Algonquin at about 8:42 p.m. on Tuesday for an investigation into a hit-and-run accident, according to a news release from the Algonquin Police Department.

The man fled the area and ended up at Walgreens, 1302 E. Algonquin Road. Officers followed him on foot when a man brandished a knife before fleeing to the Jewel-Osco parking lot at 1501 E. Algonquin Road, according to police.

He then attempted to enter one occupied vehicle before breaking the window of a 2003 Dodge Neon while an 83-year-old driver was still inside, police said. The elderly woman was able to get out and was not injured, authorities said.

The suspect then attempted to hit two Algonquin Police Department officers with the stolen vehicle before fleeing the scene, according to authorities. The officers were not injured.

The suspect, who was later identified as Timothy M. Andrews, 30, of unincorporated Algonquin, fled at a high rate of speed in the Neon. The Algonquin Police Department stopped attempting to pull him over after losing sight of him.

At about 9 p.m., a Barrington Hills Police Department officer located the stolen Dodge Neon, which collided with a telephone pole on Haeger’s Bend Road just east of North River Road.

Andrews, who was still armed, allegedly refused to cooperate with authorities on scene and remained in the vehicle until he surrendered at about 9:51 p.m., according to a news release. Andrews has been charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking, one count of unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle and three counts of aggravated assault.

Andrews was transported to the McHenry County jail after being treated at an area hospital for injuries sustained in the crash.

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