DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. – A judge has granted the state’s motion to deny pre-trial release for two Chicago men accused of burglarizing a liquor store in Elmhurst and leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car.
DuPage County officials said 19-year-old Michael Harris and 22-year-old Antwan Ford are charged with one count of burglary, one count of criminal damage to government supported property and one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding.
Harris has also been charged with an additional count of aggravated fleeing and eluding, as well as one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and multiple misdemeanors, including leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, driving on the wrong side of the road and no valid driver’s license.
Officials said just after 4:45 a.m. Thursday, police officers in Elmhurst were patrolling the area of Corner Cottage Liquors, located in the 500 block of West North Avenue, and saw a red Alfa Romeo Stelvio and White Dodge Challenger in the front parking stall of the liquor store. The vehicles’ trunks were open and three people wearing black face masks and hoodies were standing outside the vehicles.