Two people were arrested Monday after an adult woman’s car was taken at gunpoint on the 700 block of Bluff City Boulevard in Elgin, then tracked across several suburbs before officers finally stopped it in Chicago. Police say the vehicle was followed through multiple communities and that both occupants were taken into custody without incident. Authorities report that the suspects now face felony charges authorized by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.
In a Facebook post, the Elgin Police Department said the incident started shortly after 12:15 p.m. on June 8, when an unknown man displayed a firearm, ordered the driver out of her vehicle and then a male and female got in and fled. Detectives in the department’s Major Investigations Division, working with the Illinois State Police and neighboring departments, coordinated the search, according to the Elgin Police Department.
How the pursuit crossed the western suburbs
Police say the stolen vehicle was later spotted by officers in Bartlett and Villa Park as it moved through the western suburbs, but attempts to stop it there did not work. Chicago officers ultimately pulled the vehicle over at Van Buren Street and Springfield Avenue, where both occupants were arrested without incident, according to the account police provided to the Daily Herald. Multiple agencies, including the Illinois State Police, assisted in tracking the car…