Elmhurst Cops Chase Robbery Suspect: Police

ELMHURST, IL – A man who robbed an ATM technician last week in Bensenville led police on a chase that included Elmhurst, authorities said.

Earnest Hudson, 23, of Houston, was taken to the DuPage County Jail, police said.

About 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, two men, one of whom was later identified as Hudson, pulled into a lane near the technician at Chase Bank, 133 W. Grand Ave., police said.

The mask-wearing men ran toward the technician and ordered him to leave, according to a news release from DuPage County prosecutors.

After the technician left, the men then took the ATM cash containers and got back in their car, heading west on Grand, police said.

About 20 minutes later, Elmhurst police officers saw the suspects' car, a Nissan Murano, traveling south on Route 83. The officers turned on their emergency equipment, but the driver, Hudson, did not stop, police said.

Hudson drove in and out of traffic until turning right on St. Charles Road, police said. Hudson reached speeds of 100 mph on St. Charles before crashing in the 600 block of St. Charles Road, police said.

Both men ran away, but Hudson was caught, the news release said. Officers said they found $38,000 in cash on Hudson and in the car.

"Mr. Hudson thought that by renting a car and allegedly putting stolen plates on it, he and his accomplice could outsmart law enforcement," Bensenville Police Chief Daniel Schulze said in the news release. "They underestimated the cooperative efforts of DuPage County police departments and the State’s Attorney’s Office working closely together."

Hudson was charged with the felonies of financial institution robbery, robbery and aggravated fleeing and eluding. He also faces multiple misdemeanor and petty traffic offenses.

A DuPage County judge set Hudson's bond at $1.5 million, requiring that $150,000 be put down.