Elmhurst Burglary Interrupted, With Suspects Caught: Cops

ELMHURST, IL – Officers caught two Chicago men who tried to break into a business last week on Elmhurst's north side, authorities said.

About 2 a.m. Thursday, a security monitoring service saw two men wearing gloves and masks trying to break through the business' windows and door at Hilti Store, a tools business, 135 W. Diversey Ave., police said in a news release.

Elmhurst officers witnessed one man, identified as 33-year-old Steven Smith, running away, but he was caught a block away, police said.

The other man, 28-year-old Deevven Q. Harris, got into a black Nissan sedan and drove away without his lights on, leading officers on a chase, the release said.

He entered eastbound Interstate 290 and then exited west onto St. Charles Road in Elmhurst.

On St. Charles Road, a couple of Elmhurst officers deployed tire deflation devices, which disabled the Nissan's driver's side tires, police said.

A short time later, the car came to a stop and Harris ran away, police said. But a state trooper and Bensenville officer apprehended him near York Street's Interstate 290 ramp, police said.

The Nissan was a rental car with the rear license plate removed and the front plate bent upward, police said.

Smith was charged with attempted burglary and resisting or obstructing an officer.

Harris was charged with attempted burglary, aggravated fleeing and eluding, speeding, driving without registration, disobeying a traffic signal, improper lighting and disobeying a stop sign.