After a three-week investigation, the Elmhurst Police Department has announced charges against three men in connection to alleged vehicle theft crimes affecting several Elmhurst and suburban communities.
Kamil Spieczynski, Sebastian Nawrot, and Mateusz Wojtowicz face charges in DuPage County after being taken into custody by Elmhurst police detectives and assisting agencies.
On the morning of Feb. 1, a business reported the overnight theft of a flatbed trailer from a fenced parking lot on the 500 block of N. Michigan St. in Elmhurst.
Video surveillance at the scene and nearby license plate reader cameras assisted detectives in determining a Ford pickup truck, stolen just prior in Northlake, was used to remove the trailer from Elmhurst at approximately 12:30 a.m.
Detectives also learned that a black Toyota Prius registered to Kamil Spieczynski was parked near the scene during the reported Elmhurst theft. Spieczynski and Mateusz Wojtowicz had been arrested by Illinois State Police and Algonquin Police in December 2023 for possession of stolen motor vehicles and were on pretrial release for their criminal cases.
Investigators also determined Sebastian Nawrot had been a prior employee of the Northlake business, reporting the related overnight pickup truck theft and had access to the truck keys.
Detectives from the Elmhurst and Bensenville police departments conducted a surveillance of the Toyota Prius during the early morning hours of Feb. 13, and observed Spieczynski, Nawrot and Wojtowicz allegedly stealing two Volvo semi-truck tractors from a lot on the 600 block of Route 83 in Bensenville.
One of the trucks became disabled in mud and was abandoned by the suspects. The suspects then reportedly left the scene in a stolen 2022 Volvo semi-truck tractor driven by Nawrot and the Toyota Prius occupied by Spieczynski and Wojtowicz.
Illinois State Police attempted to stop the truck; however, it fled and was found abandoned near Covered Bridge Road and Barrington Road in South Barrington.
Elmhurst Police detectives attempted to stop the Toyota and it too fled. Officers found it abandoned on Liberty Drive in South Barrington.
A search was conducted and Spieczynski was located in a field nearby and arrested. Nawrot and Wojtowicz were not located at the time but were captured on home and business security video on the morning of the incident.
On Feb. 14, Elmhurst detectives investigated a truck parking lot in Woodstock, Ill., where Spieczynski had been renting space.
Detectives located two stolen vehicles, a 2020 Ford Transit van that was reported stolen in Bensenville on Jan. 27, and a 2017 Maserati Levante SUV that was reported stolen in Chicago on Aug. 13, 2023. Both vehicles were impounded by police.
