Suspects in custody following high-speed chase
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Villa Park Chief of Police Michael Rivas have announced that bond has been denied for one of two Cook County men accused of robbing an elderly woman at gunpoint in a Villa Park Walmart parking lot and then leading police on a high-speed chase.
Jarquez Jones, 18, of Maywood, appeared at a bond hearing where Judge Brian Telander granted the state’s motion to deny bond. The bond hearing for Jones’ alleged accomplice, Sincere Harrington, 19, of Chicago, was scheduled Monday.
Both men have been charged with one count of armed robbery with a firearm (Class X felony) and one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding (Class 4 felony). Herrington is currently out on bond/probation on unlawful use of a weapon charges out of Cook County.
On Dec. 5, at approximately 12:48 p.m., officers with the Villa Park Police Department responded to a call of a person in a car with a gun near Route 83 and Riverside Drive. As officers arrived at the scene, they observed the suspected vehicle allegedly drive over the grass and exit the Walmart parking lot southbound on Route 83.
Officers activated their lights and sirens and initiated pursuit. Following the pursuit, which allegedly reached speeds of approximately 90 mph on I-290 and required the assistance of a Chicago Police Department helicopter, Herrington and Jones abandoned the vehicle and were taken into custody in Chicago.
Jones was found in a garbage bin and Herrington was taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit. When processing the scene, officers found two guns, a .45 caliber Glock 30 and a 9 mm Glock 17, approximately 100 yards of where the defendants’ vehicle came to rest. The Glock 17 was altered to allow it to fire as a fully automatic weapon. It is alleged prior to the car chase, the defendants drove up to an elderly woman in the parking lot of the Walmart as she was loading her car with groceries. It is alleged that the driver of the vehicle pointed a gun at the woman and stole her purse.
“It is alleged that in the middle of the afternoon in a crowded parking lot these defendants robbed an elderly woman at gunpoint,” Berlin said. “We are now in the heart of the holiday shopping season and the quick apprehension of the defendants in this case highlights DuPage County’s commitment to our businesses and their patrons that we will most certainly not tolerate this type of violent behavior. We will use every tool and resource available to us, including helicopters, if necessary, to protect our citizens and bring the accused to justice.”
Jones’ next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 21 for arraignment in front of Judge Telander.
