Air Jordan Theft In Oak Brook Leads To Chase: Cops

OAK BROOK, IL – A man and a woman were arrested after a high-speed chase in connection with a retail theft at an Oak Brook store, authorities said.

Arrested were Tikeisha Na’keyta Coleman, 29, of Decatur, Indiana, and Daevondre Powell, 25, of Chicago, police said.

Shortly after noon Saturday at the Nike store on 22nd Street, Powell stole three pairs of Air Jordan shoes, valued at $389, according to a news release from DuPage County prosecutors. He then entered a car driven by Coleman.

An Oak Brook officer activated his emergency lights and tried to stop Coleman's car, police said.

Instead of pulling over, Coleman sped away, reaching speeds of 81 mph in a 45 mph zone and running a red light at 22nd and Route 83, the news release said.

The pursuit ended on 17th Street in Maywood when Coleman rear-ended a pickup truck, police said. Maywood is seven miles away.

Coleman was charged with felony aggravated fleeing and eluding. Powell was charged with felony burglary and retail theft.

DuPage County Judge Susan Alvarado granted prosecutors' request to keep Coleman in jail until her trial, but denied a similar request for Powell.

"What I find particularly disturbing in this case is the allegation that Ms. Coleman attempted to flee the scene at a high rate of speed at one of the busiest intersections in the county in the middle of a Saturday afternoon while the roads were slick with snow," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in the news release. "Thankfully, no innocent motorists or pedestrians were injured or killed."