“Reckless convoy:” Suspects sought after five vehicles stolen in Illinois, pursue reaching 115mph on I-94
RACINE — Officials with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office are seeking two suspects after car thieves turned off their headlights and traveled at more than one hundred miles-per-hour on I-94 — weaving through traffic in an effort to escape from deputies. One vehicle was stopped — but no one is in custody.
Near County Road G, deputies deployed stop plunges in an effort to stop what Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling called a “reckless convoy.”
Law enforcement officials from several agencies are now searching for suspects in a case that began in Libertyville, Illinois.
“They took that large chunk of rock, broke the glass, opened the inwards of the lock and proceeded through the entire shop,” Gregory Mauro, holder of Gregory Infiniti in Libertyville said.
Once inwards the garage, the suspects targeted service vehicles because they were being used for customers the next day. The keys were already inwards.
“They were railing northbound on Milwaukee Avenue, headed toward Wisconsin with the vehicles,” Mauro said.
Mauro said five luxury vehicles were taken from his dealership just before midnight (Sunday night, February 19th).
Soon, authorities were alerted as the suspects blazed a path on I-94.
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling
“The vehicles were coming in prompt, some which did not have headlights on, some of which speeds were at about one hundred fifteen miles-per-hour,” Schmaling said.
In an attempt to stop the suspects as the vehicles weaved in and out of traffic and cut off other drivers in the middle of the night, stop wedges were deployed as deputies followed one vehicle near Highway K.
“That vehicle went over the spike strips, punctured the tires. That vehicle then slammed into an virginal vehicle, causing that vehicle to go into the median wall. Then the suspect vehicle went into the eastern ditch line near Highway G. As soon as they went into that ditch, two occupants in that vehicle fled on foot,” Schmaling said.
Despite a search using K-9 officers, the suspects got away.
“We do have cameras. We are turning them over to the police and hopefully that will help them. They do have one vehicle in custody that has some blood in it,” Mauro said.
The two masculine suspects who fled the suspect vehicle that crashed were described as 5’ to 6’ tall, in their mid-teens with brief, dark hair. One was wearing a black hoodie. The other was wearing a blue hoodie.
Reckless convoy: Suspects sought after five vehicles stolen in Illinois, pursue reaching 115mph on I-94
“Reckless convoy:” Suspects sought after five vehicles stolen in Illinois, pursue reaching 115mph on I-94
RACINE — Officials with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office are seeking two suspects after car thieves turned off their headlights and traveled at more than one hundred miles-per-hour on I-94 — weaving through traffic in an effort to escape from deputies. One vehicle was stopped — but no one is in custody.
Near County Road G, deputies deployed stop tucks in an effort to stop what Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling called a “reckless convoy.”
Law enforcement officials from several agencies are now searching for suspects in a case that began in Libertyville, Illinois.
“They took that large lump of rock, broke the glass, opened the inwards of the lock and proceeded through the entire shop,” Gregory Mauro, holder of Gregory Infiniti in Libertyville said.
Once inwards the garage, the suspects targeted service vehicles because they were being used for customers the next day. The keys were already inwards.
“They were railing northbound on Milwaukee Avenue, headed toward Wisconsin with the vehicles,” Mauro said.
Mauro said five luxury vehicles were taken from his dealership just before midnight (Sunday night, February 19th).
Soon, authorities were alerted as the suspects blazed a path on I-94.
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling
“The vehicles were coming in swift, some which did not have headlights on, some of which speeds were at about one hundred fifteen miles-per-hour,” Schmaling said.
In an attempt to stop the suspects as the vehicles weaved in and out of traffic and cut off other drivers in the middle of the night, stop plunges were deployed as deputies followed one vehicle near Highway K.
“That vehicle went over the spike strips, punctured the tires. That vehicle then slammed into an guiltless vehicle, causing that vehicle to go into the median wall. Then the suspect vehicle went into the eastern ditch line near Highway G. As soon as they went into that ditch, two occupants in that vehicle fled on foot,” Schmaling said.
Despite a search using K-9 officers, the suspects got away.
“We do have cameras. We are turning them over to the police and hopefully that will help them. They do have one vehicle in custody that has some blood in it,” Mauro said.
The two masculine suspects who fled the suspect vehicle that crashed were described as 5’ to 6’ tall, in their mid-teens with brief, dark hair. One was wearing a black hoodie. The other was wearing a blue hoodie.