Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped a reckless driver after responding about 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2025 to a report of two hit-and-run crashes involving a suspected impaired driver in the Grandwood Park, unincorporated Gurnee area.
After reviewing the facts and circumstances of the case, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office approved charges against the driver of the fleeing vehicle, Reno J. Giangiorgi, 34, of the 18500 block of West Judy Drive, unincorporated Gurnee.
Giangiorgi was charged with:
Aggravated DUI
Two Counts of Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding
Multiple Traffic Infractions
Giangiorgi remained held in the Lake County Jail pending an initial court hearing Wednesday morning, June 18, 2025. The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office intends to file a petition to detain Giangiorgi in custody while awaiting trial.
Additional charges are likely according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The victims of Giangiorgi’s reckless driving actions continue to improve. One of the children remains hospitalized, but is improving.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
— Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Lake County Sheriff’s 911 Dispatch received a call reporting a suspected DUI driver who struck a vehicle near a gas station in in the block of 36000 Grandwood Drive in unincorporated Gurnee and fled the scene. Moments later, the same driver struck a second vehicle in the gas station parking lot and fled again. Witnesses reported the driver, a 34-year-old man of unincorporated Gurnee, appeared to be bleeding and was driving erratically.
A responding Lake County Sheriff’s deputy located the suspect’s vehicle and attempted a traffic stop. The driver refused to stop, and continued to drive recklessly as he fled along multiple roadways. At the intersection of Stearns School Road and Hunt Club Road, he sideswiped two vehicles, causing minor injuries to one of the drivers.
The suspect continued fleeing, but was briefly stopped by traffic congestion on Hunt Club Road and Grand Avenue. Deputies attempted to enter the driver’s vehicle, in attempt to apprehend him and stop him from driving any further, but as traffic began to clear, the suspect resumed fleeing law enforcement officers.
The pursuit continued eastbound and then southbound on Route 21. As deputies coordinated the deployment of spike strips, the suspect ran a red light at Route 21 and Gages Lake Road and t-boned a vehicle making a left turn. Four people in that vehicle, including two children, sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect then struck a northbound vehicle, causing non-life-threatening injuries to that driver as well.
The suspect’s vehicle continued rolling southbound until a deputy used their squad car to disable it. Deputies then took the suspect into custody and immediately rendered aid to the injured.
The suspect was transported to an area hospital along with all other injured parties.
Charges against the 34-year-old man are pending, and he remains in police custody, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) and Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team are investigating.
A 34-year-old Gurnee resident is in custody after a series of hit-and-run crashes and a police pursuit Tuesday evening near Gurnee that left several people, including two children, injured (WGN News). YouTube Tips ⓘ
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