Harley Forfeiture: Joliet Man May Lose His Motorcycle To Police

JOLIET, IL — Jesse Keehma, a 38-year-old Joliet resident, may lose his 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200C as a Will County State's Attorney's Office civil forfeiture, according to Friday's court filing. On Sept. 4, Illinois State Police arrested Keehma on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while license suspended.

According to the complaint, Keehma crashed his motorcycle into a ditch along Joliet's stretch of Route 30 near the Cherry Hill area.

At the crash, police found Keehma "wearing a Harley-Davidson leather vest sitting in the ditch east of Pembroke Avenue," court documents state.

Keehma, who lives nearby in the 2200 block of Suffolk Lane, told police he did not remember falling off his motorcycle, and he did not remember where he was coming from, the forfeiture indicated. New Lenox ambulance crews talked with Keehma at the scene, and he refused medical treatment, court records state.

Keehma was arrested around 12:30 a.m. after his preliminary breath test registered 0.172, court records show. After a 20-minute waiting period back at Illinois State Police District 5 headquarters, Keehma registered a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.155, nearly twice the legal limit to be considered drunk in Illinois.

Keehma's driver's license was already suspended for a previous DUI, Friday's forfeiture states.

"When Keehma was asked how many drinks he had, Keehma stated that he could not remember," the forfeiture filing states.

A hearing on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle forfeiture case is set for Dec. 8 at the Will County Courthouse.