'Quick Thinking' Leads To Oak Brook Arrest

OAK BROOK, IL – An Oak Brook officer chased the driver of a stolen car who sped away from a traffic stop early Monday evening, authorities said.

Arrested was Craig Singleton, 43, of Oswego.

Shortly after 6 p.m., an officer saw a 2019 Jaguar SUV that was stolen two hours earlier stopped near Route 83 and 22nd street, according to a news release from DuPage County prosecutors.

The officer approached the vehicle and deployed a device designed to damage tires, known as a "stop stick." When the officer approached the vehicle on foot, Singleton fled west on 22nd street, police said. The officer chased him.

Singleton reached speeds of 110 mph before coming to a stop on Interstate 88 and Winfield Road, where he was missing a tire.

Singleton was charged with the felonies of aggravated unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer and driving with a suspended or revoked license.

“I want to thank our officers for their pro-active efforts and quick thinking in deploying a stop stick anticipating that this vehicle would flee," Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis said in the news release.