A DuPage County judge has ordered a Chicago man held without pretrial release after prosecutors say he turned a routine traffic stop into a high-speed chase through Lisle and Downers Grove while armed with a loaded handgun, ending in a crash that took out a traffic signal and landed him in custody.
What the state says
According to prosecutors, Lisle police tried to pull over a vehicle near Route 53 and Warrenville Road on April 13. Instead of stopping, the driver, later identified as 36-year-old Chicago resident Miguel Figueroa, allegedly hit the gas and took off at a high rate of speed.
Authorities say Figueroa drove on the wrong side of the road, pushed past 60 mph in a 45-mph zone, and eventually crashed at Ogden Avenue and Finley Road in Downers Grove. The impact reportedly brought down a streetlight and traffic signal, which fell onto his vehicle…