Palatine Police Pursuit from Midtown Athletic Club Hicks Rd, Northwest Highway, Quentin: Vehicle Burglary Suspects Fled

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Palatine police received a report about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday of a burglary to vehicle in progress/just occurred at a Midtown Athletic Club parking lot, 1760 North Hicks Road in Palatine. Police received a report of burglary to vehicle case involving a white, newer model SUV vehicle with a male/Hispanic driver — wearing a blue shirt — and a passenger. The passenger got out of the SUV, smashed the window of a gray Audi SUV and took a bag that was sitting on a seat in the vehicle. The male/Hispanic driver fled with the white SUV.

Police spotted a white SUV southbound at a high rate of speed on Hicks Road about Carpenter Drive and began pursuit. The vehicle continued to flee from police to Northwest Highway, then westbound on Northwest Highway. The vehicle continued westbound on Northwest Highway approaching Smith, and continued westbound in the eastbound lanes of Northwest Highway at 100 mph. Palatine Police terminated the pursuit, but witnesses and police continued to spot the vehicle southbound on Quentin Road, south of Palatine Road.

Later the police discovered the vehicle sideswiped another vehicle that was exiting the Ace Hardware parking lot. The offender’s vehicle was then reported to be a Mercedes SUV. Another report received was that the vehicle was possibly a Hyundai.

Witnesses also reported a reckless driver cutting people off in a white SUV that was possibly the offender vehicle eastbound on Euclid Avenue from Quentin at 11:35 a.m.

At least one other vehicle was reported burglarized.



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