Two Charged After Driver Leads Police on High-Speed Chase: Blotter

MARCH 2

Aggravated DUI

Anthony Maye, 31, of the 800 block of Elder Road, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and aggravated DUI after being found asleep early Monday in his car in a fast-food restaurant drive-through lane, according to Homewood police reports.

Police arrived at McDonald’s, 17740 Halsted St., at about 12:19 a.m. March 2, to investigate a report of a man slumped over in his car, blocking the drive-through lane, the report stated. At the scene, the officer found Maye asleep in the driver’s seat, with the car running, the report added.

Once roused, Maye gave the officer a Visa credit card when he was asked for his license, and police noticed an odor of alcohol coming from Maye, the report stated.

FEB. 27

Aggravated Fleeing, Attempting to Elude

A Riverdale man was arrested in connection with leading police on a high-speed chase along Interstate-80 after a Feb. 27 traffic stop, according to Homewood police reports.

Willie Banks, 38, of the 13600 block of Eggleston Avenue, Riverdale, was arrested and charged with aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude, driving with a revoked license, reckless conduct, driving without insurance and use of an unsafe tire.

Police tried to pull over Banks at about 12:38 a.m., in the 17500 block of Halsted Street, after the officer noticed Banks was driving his light blue Chrysler New Yorker on an under-inflated, almost flat, passenger-side, rear tire, the report stated. Once the officer activated his emergency lights and sirens, Banks increased his speed and entered on to I-80, traveling eastbound, the report added.

The officer continued to pursue Banks, who reached speeds of more than 100 mph, the report stated. The chase ended when the under-inflated tire on Banks’s car disintegrated and came off the car, sending the New Yorker spinning until it eventually stopped facing westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-80, the report added.

A passenger in the car also faces charges in the incident. George Rawls 38, of the 300 block of Yates Avenue, Calumet City, was charged with resisting a peace officer, the report stated.

Details concerning why Rawls was charged and how Banks was taken in to custody were redacted from the police report.

DUI

Dick Crofter, 65, of the 7600 block of York Street, Forest Park, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol content over the legal limit and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after a Feb. 27 crash, according to Homewood police reports.

Police were called at about 1:30 p.m., to the intersection of Maple Road and Halsted Street to investigate a traffic accident, the report stated. At the scene, officers detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from Crofter and noticed that his words were slurred when he spoke, the report added.

Eventually, Crofter took a breath test, which registered a blood-alcohol content of 0.219, the report stated. The legal limit for BAC is 0.08.

FEB. 25

Retail Theft

Herman Doss, 23, of the 14600 block of Princeton Avenue, Dolton, was arrested and charged with retail theft and resisting arrest after a Feb. 25 incident at Kohl’s, 17620 Halsted St., according to Homewood police reports.

A store employee noticed Doss take a GPS device and a camera off their shelves and bring them into a fitting room, where he removed the protective alarms on them, the report stated. Doss put the items in his front coat pockets and was seen leaving the store without paying for them, the report added.

Further details concerning the incident were redacted from the police report.

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